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Ryan Hite
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Content Creator and Digital Marketer. I like to talk about interesting maps. lnk.bio/ryanjhite
Two bombings. Two capitals. 24 hours.
India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are closer to war than at any point in 25 years.
Terror networks are driving the escalation—and governments may no longer control what happens next.

My full breakdown is live now. 🌏🔥 www.ryanjhite.com/2025/11/16/s...
South Asia on the Brink: India, Pakistan & Afghanistan Near War
Deadly bombings in Delhi and Islamabad push India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan toward the most dangerous conflict of 2025 as extremist networks escalate tensions.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
China is crushing Germany’s auto industry.
$230B in subsidies.
Cheap EVs flooding Europe.
Rare earth restrictions.
A full-blown price war.
This is the biggest industrial shift of the decade.
New deep-dive: Car Wars. 🚗⚡ www.ryanjhite.com/2025/11/16/c...
How China Is Dismantling Germany’s Car Industry: The 2025 Automotive Crisis
China’s state-backed EV giants are flooding Europe, crushing Germany’s auto industry and triggering the biggest industrial crisis in EU history.
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November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Berlin isn’t unique because of the Wall. It’s unique because every era erased the last.
Prussian capital → industrial boomtown → ruins → two cities → creative playground → polycentric green metropolis.
#Berlin #History www.ryanjhite.com/2025/11/15/b...
Berlin: The City Shaped by What Was Erased
It’s the capital of Europe’s largest economy, yet it barely feels German at all. It’s flat, scattered, covered in graffiti, and defined less by what was built and more by what was erased.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ecuador went from one of Latin America’s safest nations to a cartel war in under 5 years.
Fragmented gangs, cartel influence, corrupt institutions, and a crackdown that backfired.
This isn’t just crime — it’s an insurgency. #Ecuador #LatinAmerica www.ryanjhite.com/2025/11/15/e...
Ecuador’s Gangster Insurgency: How a Peaceful Nation Became the New Front Line of Latin America’s Drug Wars
What began as a series of coordinated attacks suddenly became one of the most shocking televised events in recent memory: armed gang members stormed a TV station in Guayaquil, taking journalists hostage live on air.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
America’s housing crisis isn’t caused by a lack of homes.
It’s caused by algorithmic price fixing, withheld supply, and distorted incentives.
6.5M empty homes. 750k homeless people.
This isn’t a shortage — it’s a business model.
#HousingCrisis www.ryanjhite.com/2025/11/15/a...
America’s Housing Crisis Isn’t Real — But Its Consequences Are
Right now, 3 in 10 American households and half of all renters struggle to afford their homes.More than 750,000 Americans are homeless, the highest total in modern recorded history.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Streetlights glow over empty streets 1,900 km above Moscow.
The government spends $7 million a year heating apartments no one lives in.
Welcome to Vorkuta — the Arctic ghost city that refuses to die. ❄️
#Vorkuta #Russia #GhostCity #Arctic #History www.ryanjhite.com/2025/11/09/v...
Vorkuta: The Arctic City That Refuses to Die
Once the Soviet Union’s northernmost coal capital, Vorkuta is now Russia’s largest ghost city — a frozen relic of the Gulag where 200,000 prisoners perished and thousands still struggle to survive in −50 °C cold.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
North Korea’s economy grew 4% in 2024 — the fastest in years.
How?
💣 Weapons to Russia
💻 Cyber thefts
🏗️ New factories
🇨🇳 Chinese trade
The Hermit Kingdom is defying every prediction of collapse.
#NorthKorea #Geopolitics #Economy www.ryanjhite.com/2025/11/09/n...
North Korea’s Secret Economic Boom: How the World’s Most Isolated Country Is Growing
Despite sanctions and near-total isolation, North Korea’s economy grew 4% in 2024 — its fastest pace in years. Discover how Kim Jong-un’s regime leverages Russia’s war, cybercrime, and calculated geopolitics to defy global pressure.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Europe is building a Drone Wall.
A 4,000 km network of radars, jammers, and lasers to stop $1,000 Russian drones before they enter EU airspace.
Because meeting cheap threats with million-dollar missiles isn’t defense—it’s bankruptcy.
🛰️ www.ryanjhite.com/2025/10/20/e...
Europe’s Drone Wall: How the EU Plans to Stop Russia’s $1,000 Drone Invasion
When Russian drones entered Polish airspace, NATO fired missiles costing hundreds of thousands each. Now, the EU plans a 4,000-km “drone wall” from Finland to Romania—an invisible shield built to stop cheap threats before they start.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
If Russia invades NATO while China strikes Taiwan and North Korea attacks the South…
Could the U.S. handle it?
Analysts say the odds of this nightmare scenario are not zero.
🧭 Read more → open.substack.com/pub/ryanjhit...
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What If Russia, China, and North Korea Attack at the Same Time?
Could Russia invade NATO while China strikes Taiwan and North Korea attacks the South — all at once? The nightmare scenario may be unlikely, but not impossible. Here’s how it could unfold, and why tim...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
One year ago, Ahmed al-Shara was a wanted terrorist.
Today, he’s Syria’s president—standing at the UN.
From Idlib’s battlefields to global diplomacy, his rise marks a new chapter in Syria’s endless Game of Thrones.
#Syria #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #History www.ryanjhite.com/2025/10/13/t...
The New Lion of Damascus: Syria’s Unexpected New President
Once a wanted terrorist, Ahmed al-Shara now leads Syria. His rise reshapes Middle Eastern geopolitics in a post-Assad era.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Ukraine’s army is shrinking.
Some battalions have fewer than 10 men left.
Russia’s forces grow by 9,000 a month.
The reason Ukraine’s still holding? Drones — and desperation.
#Ukraine #Geopolitics #War #Military #Russia www.patreon.com/posts/ukrain... open.substack.com/pub/ryanjhit...
Ukraine’s Vanishing Army: Inside Kyiv’s Growing Manpower Crisis | Ryan Hite
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October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
There’s an American island in the middle of the Pacific that you’ll almost certainly never visit. 🌴🇺🇸
Palmyra Atoll: isolated, pristine, and sealed off from the world. Here’s why it matters more than almost any other place on Earth. 🌊🦈 www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/29/p...
Palmyra Atoll: America’s Forbidden Island in the Pacific
Discover Palmyra Atoll, a remote U.S. territory in the Pacific. Pristine reefs, wartime history, and why almost no one can ever visit.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This Sunday, Moldova votes.
To Russia: it’s a chance to capture a country without firing a shot.
To the EU: it’s a test of credibility.
To the world: it’s a warning of what comes next. 🇲🇩 www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/29/m...
Moldova’s Election: Russia’s Next Target in Europe
Moldova votes on Sept 28. Russia aims to sway the election with money, troops, and disinformation. The stakes reach far beyond this small state.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
AI needs 24/7 clean power. SMRs promise to build it like products, not megaprojects. China is sprinting. The US & Europe are scrambling. The new nuclear race just started. ⚡️☢️ www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/29/t...
The New Nuclear Race: SMRs, Big Tech & the Power Gap
AI and EVs are driving a power surge. SMRs promise fast, factory-built nuclear. China sprints, the U.S. and Europe reboot. Here’s the new nuclear race.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Congo’s “other war” is the one to watch. The ADF, tied to ISIS, is using the M23 fight as cover to raid, recruit, and spread. A collapse in the truce could give them the opening they need. #DRC #ADF #M23 www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/29/t...
The Congo’s Other War: How the ADF Could Shatter the DRC
As M23 grabs territory, the ISIS-aligned ADF expands in the shadows — massacres, smuggling, and mobility that could push the DRC toward collapse.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
London ≈ 13% of the UK’s people → ~25% of its output. That imbalance wasn’t fate; it was infrastructure. Build corridors, metros, and missions outside the capital—or the map never changes. #London #UK #Inequality www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/29/l...
London vs The Rest of the UK: Why Regional Inequality Is So Extreme
London dominates the UK’s economy, but at what cost? Explore why Britain is the most regionally unequal wealthy country and what can be done.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Black Sea is no longer Russia’s backyard.
Ports, railways & airbases are redrawing Eurasia’s map.
Georgia’s Anaklia port, NATO’s Romanian fortress & the Middle Corridor are reshaping power—while Russia scrambles to counter.
🌍 Full story: www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/29/t...
The Silent War for the Black Sea: Corridors, Ports, and Power Shifts
From Georgia’s new port at Anaklia to NATO’s fortress in Romania, the Black Sea is the frontline of a silent war reshaping Eurasian power.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Iran has 3M empty homes and a capital where rent jumped 85% in a year. Ghost cities like Pardis/Hashtgerd were built far from jobs, with missing utilities—while property became a currency hedge. When shelter becomes a bank, cities become ruins. Full story: www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/29/t...
The Most Expensive Ruins in the Middle East: Inside Iran’s Ghost Cities
Iran has 3 million empty homes and entire ghost cities like Pardis and Hashtgerd. How did a housing revolution turn into abandoned ruins?
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September 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🇭🇹 Haiti is collapsing.

1.3M displaced

6M hungry

Thousands murdered

Hospitals burned

Drone strikes killing children

The gangs are the state now. Here’s how it happened → open.substack.com/pub/ryanjhit... www.patreon.com/posts/haitis...
Haiti’s Collapse: Gangs, Drones, and the Death of the State
Haiti is unraveling under gangs, hunger, and lawlessness. With drones striking civilians and the state gone, the country faces total collapse.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Flint’s water crisis wasn’t a mystery—it was a map: old lead pipes + no corrosion control + a ‘temporary’ switch. 18 months of exposure, years of fallout. Fix it everywhere: replace lead lines, corrosion control. #Flint #Infrastructure #PublicHealth www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/24/t...
The Flint Water Crisis: How a City Poisoned Itself and the Geography That Made It Possible
The Flint Water Crisis wasn’t an accident—it was a preventable failure of governance, geography, and chemistry. Here’s how it unfolded and why it matters.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
U.S. destroyers, a cruiser, a sub, F-35s & a MEU are parked off Venezuela. Officially: counter-narcotics. Practically: leverage & strike options. The Caribbean’s short distances + high stakes = tiny missteps, consequences. #Venezuela #Caribbean #USMilitary www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/24/t...
The Venezuela Standoff: America’s Largest Caribbean Military Deployment Since Panama
The U.S. has deployed its largest Caribbean force since Panama, parking destroyers, Marines, and F-35s off Venezuela. Officially drugs. Really leverage.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
America leads the world in billion-dollar disasters. 🌪️🔥🌊 From Joplin’s tornado to California’s wildfires to Hurricane Katrina—billions spent, but is FEMA’s response system effective? New post: www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/24/a...
America’s Natural Disasters: How FEMA and the U.S. Government Respond
The U.S. suffers the world’s costliest disasters. From Joplin’s tornado to California’s fires to Katrina’s floods—how FEMA’s system really works.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The Gulf of Mexico isn’t just a gulf. 🌊 It’s an engine:

Builds land with rivers

Traps oil with salt domes

Fuels hurricanes

Warms Europe through the Gulf Stream

New post: www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/24/t...
The Gulf of Mexico: The Ocean That Defies Geography
The Gulf of Mexico looks like a simple bay—but it’s actually one of the most powerful and complex bodies of water on Earth. From fueling hurricanes to shaping Europe’s climate through the Gulf Stream, discover how the Gulf of Mexico defies geography itself.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sept 10: Russian drones violated Polish skies.
⚠️ NATO’s worst airspace breach in 75 years.
💸 $2M Patriots vs $20k drones.
🛑 Europe’s defenses exposed.
New deep dive: www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/24/t...
The NATO Airspace Crisis: How Russia’s Drone Incursions Exposed Europe’s Weakness
Russian drones breached NATO airspace over Poland—the worst violation in 75 years. The incursion exposed critical gaps in Europe’s air defenses.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Saudi Arabia has a new nuclear umbrella—and it’s not American. ☢️
A defense pact with Pakistan is reshaping the Middle East, India, and beyond.
Deep dive: www.ryanjhite.com/2025/09/24/s...
Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Defense Pact: A New Nuclear Umbrella in the Middle East
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a landmark mutual defense pact, signaling a strategic realignment in the Middle East. With implications for Iran, India, and U.S. influence, the deal may extend Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent over Riyadh and reshape regional security.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM