11 Today Revolution in military affairs -RMA Although Iran is the most technically sophisticated adversary the US has fought directly since the Cold War, the country is a middling power suffocated by decades of sanctions. Americas military cannot keep up with Iran’s counter attacks or China’s technological leapfrog and cost advantages. For illustration, Iran’s 2025 […]
1 A Brief Back-History 2 The West turns East 3 A Century of Humiliation 4 China gains Independence 5 The Korean War 6 David Rockefeller & The Gold Deal with Mao 7 Kissinger goes to China 8 Let’s “Do Business” 9 The 2000 WTO deal 10 The “Overseas” Chinese 11 Today 12 How China & […]
The story continues from Part 1 4 The Korean War (1950-1953) At the end of World War 2 in June/August 1945, America had become the dominant power on the globe. At the apex of American power stood the Rockefeller family-the uncrowned kings of America. This was the start of the “American Century “. Heading the […]
9 Pakistan First, Pakistan is the most viable overland access where the US can reconnect with Central Asia, which is rich in energy resources. As Russia is waging war in Ukraine and China is squeezing trade in the region, Washington requires other access points into Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and so on. The Central Asian countries […]
6 Iran “Potentially, the most dangerous scenario would be a grand coalition of China, Russia, and perhaps Iran, an “anti- hegemonic” coalition united not by ideology but by complementary grievances. It would be reminiscent in scale and scope of the challenge once posed by the Sino-Soviet bloc, though this time China would likely be the […]
The Baltics Russia uses the Baltic Sea for its maritime trade, like oil and gas. It also houses several naval bases, especially Murmansk- which also houses its Northern Fleet. Both London and New York are actively working to blockade the Baltic Sea, in order to curtail its exports. The second reason is to blockade its […]
1 BRICS – from an Economic Project to a Geopolitical Force 2 The SCO 3 Tariff Wars 4 Oil Wars 5 Russia 6 Iran 7 China 8 India 9 Pakistan 10 Brazil 11 Venezuela 12 South Africa 13 Commodities vs. Paper Money (aka the real economy vs. a parallel financial economy) 14 The Future of […]
5 Emergences of Two Divergent Trade Blocs How would a China-oriented trade bloc and a US-oriented one will differ and the implications of this for the world? China’s installed electricity capacity, see above graph, is astounding. Annual demand for electricity in China equals to 1 Germany a year, while production capacity increases by 2 Germany’s […]
Should China succeed, the U.S. would lose its ‘magic weapon’ of monetary dominance. For the United States, it is fundamentally an economic defeat. The sanctions policy showed that the financial power of the West was not omnipotent. The Americans were reminded of the fragility of their military industry. The people at the Pentagon know very […]
1 The China Story 2 BRI-A techtonic shift in the global balance of power 3 Wall Street eyes China’s financial sector 4 China vs. America 5 Emergence of 2 trade Blocs 6 The Beijing military parade 7 The SCO summit 8 Leadership qualities British-Backed Strategic Thrusts against China In the early 1990s, London is determined […]
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