Dear Arkite,
Watch my latest interview on the IRF podcast: Trump’s Venezuela Gamble Has Unleashed the Dogs of War

David Murrin frames the current moment as the breakdown of a “Westphalian” order and the late-stage collision of empire cycles: a declining US confronting a rising, war-prepared China. He argues China is using Russia and Iran as deliberate proxies, creating a widening, multi-theatre confrontation that is “proxy war at best, world war at worst.” In his view, the West is distracted and strategically incoherent—especially because Trump’s approach has weakened alliances and trust (including intelligence-sharing), exactly when allied industrial scale and coordination would be most needed.
Discussion Topics:
● The End of the Westphalian World
● The New NSS Strategy Unfolding Before Our Eyes
● Venezuela
● Iran
● Ukraine
● Taiwan and the Western Pacific
● Markets













