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Abhijit Iyer-Mitra is one of India’s sharpest and most uncompromising strategic thinkers. A senior research fellow at IPCS, he’s known for cutting through comfortable narratives and explaining power as it actually works—across defense economics, military technology, nuclear strategy, and global geopolitics.

In this episode of Dostcast, we go far beyond headlines.

Why is the US suddenly interested in Greenland—and what does it signal about the future of global power? What’s really driving Gen Z protests across Western democracies, and how organic are these movements? Why is Donald Trump economically and strategically tightening the screws on the European Union? And beneath all of this lies an unsettling question: in today’s world, do billionaires and corporations influence governments more than voters do?

We also dive deep into the evolution of modern warfare—how power is exercised without tanks or missiles, how narratives replace bullets, and why the next decade of global conflict will look nothing like the last.

This isn’t a debate.

It isn’t ideological comfort food.

It’s a clear-eyed breakdown of how the world actually functions.

If you care about geopolitics, power, and the forces shaping the next 10 years—this episode is unmissable.

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:32 – Why Trump Wants Greenland

09:23 – American Invasion & Narrative Control

15:45 – Rise of Gen Z Protests

25:22 – Iran in the 1970s

29:42 – Radicalism in Iran

43:52 – Is Khamenei Good for Iran?

47:57 – North Korea vs America

50:04 – The START Treaty

52:41 – Billionaires Funding Government Operations

01:00:03 – Government vs Industrialists

01:04:47 – Conclusion

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Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft.

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