Carl Zha sits down with geopolitical analyst Einar Tangen to examine the rapidly escalating confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran—and why the conflict may have entered a phase that no country can fully control.
Using the famous "Three-Body Problem" as a framework, Einar argues that Washington, Tehran, and Tel Aviv are locked in a geopolitical system where every move creates new and unpredictable consequences.
The discussion explores:
Why recent diplomacy with Iran was unlikely to succeed The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz How energy, shipping, and global supply chains could be disrupted Why military escalation may leave every side worse off Trump's political calculations and the pressure of domestic politics What prolonged instability means for the future of U.S.-China competition
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Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses China's digital currency and China's reluctance to let the Yuan become the world's reserve currency.
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Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses the temptation of empire that has become a curse for the US. Can China resist the temptation of empire?
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Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses how the irrational and destructive policies of a declining US hegemon, and how China aims to manage this dangerous time.
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Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Tangen discusses how the US is dismantling the international system in a desperate effort to restore its global hegemony.
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Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at Teihe Institute and a Senior Fellow at CIGI. Over the past decade, the US has increasingly been pushing adversaries such as Russia and Iran into China's arms. While Trump promised to reverse this mistake, he is now doubling down by also pushing friendly states such as India into the Eurasian group. Each threat against BRICS countries increases the incentive to reduce dependence on the US economy.
