Beijing Waging Hybrid Warfare Against U.S.

The People’s Republic of China is already engaged in a hybrid war with the United States, using a coordinated strategy of diplomatic, economic, military, cyber, and information domain attacks.

Socialism, Not America, Made Venezuela Poor

As Venezuela descends deeper into chaos in the wake of a highly irregular election, fingers are being pointed, and there is a lot of speculation about just what it is that made Venezuela poor, causing more than a quarter of the population to flee the country and now about two-thirds of the population supporting the opposition protesters clashing with the police in the streets.

Commodity Gold is Not Money in the USA

  Note: This article is a follow-up to a previous article I wrote called “No, Africa Is Not Moving Toward a Gold-Backed Currency, and Neither Is Anyone Else.” Reader comments suggested that people had a lot of questions about how commodity gold is not money or currency, and this article will address some of them.

No, Africa Is Not Moving Toward a Gold-Backed Currency, and Neither Is Anyone Else

  Burkina Faso gold reserves, Courtesy of the African Review Speculation has long existed that nations like China or Russia, or groups such as BRICS, ASEAN, OPEC, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), or the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), might start using gold for trade or establish a common gold-backed currency to dethrone the dollar and impoverish America.