It is happening between states, which control the electoral maps that determine who sits in Congress. Though Republicans and Democrats are relying on redistricting campaigns instead of armies, their conflict is best understood through the lens of geopolitics. Gerrymandering has become the decisive tool in this struggle, allowing state-level authorities to create maps that neutralize opposition voters. When Democratic lawmakers fled the state to deny a quorum, Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened to send troopers to bring them back. America’s gravest threat is not an external rival but collapse from within: an internal geopolitical implosion.