The Risk of a “Splash Crash”

June 2, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOne of the serious problems we face is the disconnect between financial market understanding and national security expertise. This has been a major educational challenge over the past few years. We have documented that America’s competitors dont see a gap between the economy and warfare. In fact, they see the two as intricately intertwined. […]

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Life Imitates Art, Which Imitates Life?

May 21, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditA few weeks ago, I was contacted by a new novelist who also is a successful investment banker. This novelist, HT Narea, shared that his publisher had forwarded him a copy of the Pentagon report, Economic Warfare; Risks and Responses. The amazing thing, he said, were all the parallels with his soon-to-be released novel, The Fund. […]

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Progress in Washington

May 13, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOver the past two years, we have been warning about the threat posed by economic warfare and financial terrorism. We are pleased to acknowledge some good work on the issue by the House Armed Services Committee  that was mentioned in a CNBC interview with Congressman Mac Thornberry of Texas that aired on May 6, 2011. […]

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Was Osama bin Laden an Economic Terrorist?

May 4, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit  Al Qaeda’s supporters are “aware of the cracks in the Western financial system as they are aware of the lines in their own hands.”   – Osama bin Laden, in a 2001 interview with a Pakistani Journalist http://www.odl.state.ok.us/usinfo/terrorism/ideologies.pdf We have provided a good deal of coverage on the Chinese doctrine of Unrestricted Warfare. With the […]

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And now, it’s FIVE

April 26, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOne of the most-cited objections to the concept of Global Economic Warfare has to do with the perception that the Chinese would avoid economic disruption at all costs. The idea has been that the Chinese would suffer more from any downturn than the more developed United States. Under this concept, it would be impossible […]

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The Shape of Things to Come

April 18, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThis morning Standard and Poors downgraded its ratings outlook for U.S. Government Debt, sending both stocks and government bonds (denominated in dollars) sharply lower. [It is important to note that S&P reiterated its AAA rating on current debt. The cut was for the outlook and it was based on doubts that the government will […]

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BRICS Call For Dollar’s Demise

April 15, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditOne of the hot investment trends of the past decade has been focused on the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). The term was supposedly coined in 2003 by Jim O’Neil in a Goldman Sachs in a research report that suggested that these four nations would outgrow the United States economy by 2050. […]

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New Bretton Woods Conference Calls to Replace Dollar

April 10, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditThe general consensus of the Soros-led gathering at Bretton Woods this weekend is that the dollar must be replaced as the world’s reserve currency.That’s an amazing statement. Few would have believed it possible in our lifetimes even as little as two years ago. In fact, this was one of the most controversial conclusions from […]

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Why bring in the NSA?

April 5, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleReddit When we first posted about the NASDAQ security breach on February 8th (NASDAQ Admits Hacker Attempts), there were many who seemingly doubted a national security connection. They viewed this attack as a hedge fund or someone attempting to gain information to make money. We had two major points: 1) Even if the attack […]

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The Invisible Gorilla

March 30, 2011

Share this…EmailFacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogleRedditSo far this month, I have spent nearly three weeks in Washington with a day trip to New York. During that period, I met with many thoughtful people including Members of Congress, senior Congressional staff, permanent committee staff, a gathering at FBI headquarters, current or former CIA, a former Attorney General of the United States, […]

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