Anatomy of Power III

“Wars reveal visible power. But long before the first shot is fired, others have already drawn the map, financed the interests, and decided who will pay for the ruins…” “Wars reveal visible power. But long before the first shot is fired, others have already drawn the map, financed the interests, and decided who will pay for the ruins…” Geopolitics is often portrayed as a chessboard occupied by presidents, generals, aircraft carriers, and missiles. Cameras follow international summits, official statements, and battlefields. Yet that image barely reflects the surface. Beneath it lies a far quieter architecture, made up of financial institutions, technology centers, universities, strategic industries, and planning agencies that help build the power of the great powers…