S3E60 Is the QUAD Back as America’s Primary Indo-Pacific Tool?

** Welcome To The Choke Points **The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy quietly confirms one of the biggest geopolitical shifts of our lifetime: America is no longer behaving like a global superpower — it is repositioning itself as a selective great power in a multipolar world.In this episode, we break down how U.S. strategy has changed toward China, Russia, India, Europe, Africa, trade, money, energy, and chokepoints — all through the lens of the new world order that is now emerging.We analyze how:China moves from integration to permanent containmentRussia shifts from regime-change targeting to managed stabilityIndia emerges as a full great power pole in global strategyEurope is downgraded into a self-defensive economic blocAfrica becomes a resource and minerals battlefieldTrade, supply chains, and the dollar turn into weapons of warThis is not opinion geopolitics. This is document-driven power analysis.⏱️ CHAPTERS & TITLES00:00 – America’s superpower era is ending02:18 – Superpower vs great power explained05:41 – The new US fortress and industrial strategy09:12 – China: from partner project to permanent rival14:07 – Taiwan, the south china sea, and first island chain18:55 – Russia: from defeat strategy to stability management23:44 – Europe’s downgrade in world order28:36 – India: the new great power pole33:42 – Africa: from aid zone to minerals battlefield38:21 – Trade, money, supply chains as weapons43:10 – What the next 3 years will look like47:30 – Final conclusion: the four-pole world is here#geopolitics #worldorder #multipolarworld #usstrategy #china #russia #india #brics #globalpower #deglobalization #dollar #trade #supplychains #africa #criticalminerals #southchinasea #taiwan #ukraine #energy #thechokepointsX: @thechokepointsTikTok: @thechokepointsRumble: @thechokepointsSpotify: @thechokepointsYouTube: @thechokepoints