Stephen E. Arnold: Financial Warfare — China, Cyber, Russia, ATMs Down?

Financial Warfare: Another View of FinTech From an intelligence perspective, consider these questions: What’s the impact of the US printing dollars to cover Covid et al? What happens if China takes direct action to add Taiwan to its collection of entities? What happens if Russia annexes Ukraine? What happens if these events occur at the …

Matt Ehret: The Chinese-Russian-Iranian Alliance Ushers in a New Hope for the Middle East

The Chinese-Russian-Iranian Alliance Ushers in a New Hope for the Middle East As the USA continues its lunge into the abyss of obsolescence, under the new Don Quixote-modelled leadership of Joe Biden, Russia and China have accelerated the next phase of Middle East reconstruction and stabilization this week with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s March …

Matt Ehret: China and Russia: The New Guarantors for Justice in the Face of a Self-Cannibalizing West

China and Russia have made it absolutely clear that they recognize the sad fact that the oligarchy in firm control of the western alliance is adamantly intent on burning all possible diplomatic avenues of cooperation and dialogue as the Hindenburg of the western financial system continues to careen towards a fiery oblivion. It didn’t take …

JC Cole: American Gray Swans – March 2021 #2 Oil, NATO, America & Russia

In a recent article of the Gray Swans I listed a series of suspicious events related to energy and a possible on-going sabotage of petroleum choke points (Link). Here is an up-dated list including the growing tensions between NATO and Russia. Below are listed Events since Creepy Sleepy Joe canceled the Keystone pipeline and petroleum …

Def Dog: EPIC FAIL: Why Most US Weapons Systems Are Worse than Russia’s

In this fascinating analysis, our contributor explains why the US military is in serious trouble, unable to compete with Russia, and unlikely to change going forward.  He has experience in the military, civil service, Congress, and the lobbying and contracting sectors.  He lives in the Washington, DC area. Read full article HERE

J. C. Cole: War from Ukraine to the Baltics, Russia Wins, NATO Loses

March 19, 2021 UPDATE 9:49 AM EDT — UKRAINE OPENS MORTAR FIRE — SEE BOTTOM — Russia is deploying the most advanced anti-aircraft defense system on planet earth, the S-500 “Prometheus,” along with several instances of the lesser system, S-350, on to the territory of Crimea as Ukraine masses troops, tanks, and armor in the …