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Michael Yon the "Great Game": Chokepoints, Hydraulic Warfare, and Where Conflict Spreads Next

The host interviews Michael Yon from Japan as he prepares for his baby's imminent birth, briefly discussing Japanese traditions around the kiri (paulownia) tree, then shifts to geopolitics and Yon's view of a global "great game" centered on routes, resources, and information warfare. Yon says the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed and argues conflicts are interconnected, predicting flashpoints including the Falklands/Malvinas involving Argentina, possible spillover into Brazil and Uruguay, and wider fighting affecting Europe and the North Sea. He emphasizes hydraulic warfare, describing how dams on the Nile (GERD in Ethiopia), Euphrates (Atatürk Dam), Tigris (Mosul Dam), and China's Three Gorges could be used for famine and destruction. He also discusses Tibet/Nepal flood events, chokepoints like Suez, Gibraltar/Ceuta, Bab-el-Mandeb, Panama, and Malacca, plus language, migration, intoxicants, music, demographic, and economic warfare.

00:00 Morning Intro in Japan

00:32 Baby Due Soon

01:38 Kiri Tree Tradition

04:16 Hormuz and Global War

05:48 South Atlantic Flashpoints

08:15 Nepal Disaster and Tibet

13:24 Hydraulic Warfare Explained

15:13 Egypt and the Nile Dams

29:45 Turkey Iraq and China Dams

34:28 Prayer Wheel Spycraft

36:35 Local Flood Risks and Drought

38:53 Ceuta Flashpoint

39:32 Gibraltar Chokepoint History

41:16 Phosphate Power Politics

41:43 Global Chokepoints Strategy

45:05 Florida And Brazil Predictions

48:22 Ceuta Migrants As Weapon

51:32 Language Warfare Morocco

56:27 Books Burned And Forecasts

59:17 Safe Havens And Zionism

01:02:49 Cults And Empire Origins

01:05:51 Warfare Taxonomy Explained

01:12:36 Corporate Superstructure Wrap

01:15:01 Closing Thanks And Anecdote