China’s Strategic Alliances

July 7, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe most likely economic competitor to the United States is China. The Chinese have a strategy to use economic warfare to regain status as the top economy and top military in the world. It is summarized in a 1999 book titled Unrestricted Warfare. The Chinese Dream is the subject of a 2010 book that […]

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Quantum Dawn Two–Recognizing the Reality of Financial Warfare

June 30, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditWe’ve been educating on this topic for five years. Finally, the awareness is beginning to emerge. As we shared previously, there is evidence that elements in China have been following the Unrestricted Warfare doctrine to hack our systems. If you are a subscriber to The Wall Street Journal, you can read this in a […]

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The High Cost of Regulation: Chasing Rabbits or Serious Problem?

June 30, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditIt may seem strange to have a Blog dedicated to Economic Warfare covering the topic of domestic regulation. After all, our focus is about warfare and regulations seem kind of boring in comparison. But, we have covered the topic before as shown in the following links: Misplaced Regulation The Secret Weapon to Growing Our […]

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Who’s Your Buddy?

June 23, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditSometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look at this recent photo of President Obama and President Putin. Now compare that with this one: Now, put all of this in the context of one of our earlier posts from a year ago when the second picture was taken: Putin wants Russia […]

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FBI Admits: NYSE Was Targeted

June 18, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditTestimony in Congressional hearings suggests that a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange was thwarted with information obtained by the NSA. Obviously, there is an intense debate on just how much information the NSA should monitor regarding American citizens. The problem, as some have stated, appears that many in the public have […]

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Yuan Marches Toward Reserve Currency Status

May 27, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditWe’ve covered this in previous posts. Now, however, both Australian and New Zealand have announced direct trade with China in their own currencies, bypassing the U.S. dollar. Many other Chinese trading partners are looking to follow suit. This is significant as it further diminishes the role of our dollar as the global reserve currency. […]

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What Does China Know?

May 26, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditRecent revelations of how China has been investing are quite enlightening. It is not that China has really increased or decreased their investments in America. But, it has become very clear that the Chinese have dramatically shifted their investment focus. Understanding this change is key to recognizing the risks they believe we are facing. […]

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Is Putin Running Out of Gas?

May 19, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe Weekly Standard has an insightful article in the 27 May Edition. Here is the headline with a couple of choice excerpts: Pipeline Politics Is Putin running out of gas? May 27, 2013, Vol. 18, No. 35 BY ALEX ALEXIEV and STEVEN F. HAYWARD The Cold War is now so over that it might as well be grouped […]

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It Doesn’t Fit the Narrative, Part Two

May 10, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditLast October we explained how the Benghazi incident  highlighted the very sad politicization of the Intelligence reporting of the United States. Not at the functional level, but at various points in the political leadership. Click the link below and read the post in light of this week’s revelations: It Doesn’t Fit the Narrative To […]

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It’s All About the Economy, Part Two

May 7, 2013

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOn 5 May, we posted our analysis of an excellent paper written by a top team from the Carnegie Endowment, China’s Military and the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 2030: A Strategic Net Assessment: It Is All About The Economy In that post, we made the case that the primary difference between success and failure in Asia […]

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