Narcotrafficking: A National Security Threat
By Antonio Graceffo The United States is facing a crisis at its porous southern border, which 2.78 million undocumented aliens crossed in 2022 [1]. At the same time, narcotics are…
Brazil’s Lula and China’s Xi: A CCP-Led World Order
By Antonio Graceffo From Ukraine to Taiwan and ditching the dollar, Brazil is on board with the new communist China-led order. On April 14, Brazil’s leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula…
BRICS Currency Is Unlikely — The Dollar Remains the World’s Currency
by Antonio Graceffo Both China and Russia, along with other countries, have long resented the hegemony of the U.S. dollar, which accounts for about 90% of all currency trading, just under 60% of all…
Economics as a Weapon of War: Ukraine, China and Beyond
By Antonio Graceffo Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy and there will be no need for force. It is a terrible remedy. It does not cost a life outside of…
Information Leaks and Russia’s Lies
By Antonio Graceffo “We are at that stage of the war when the information war is sometimes even more important than the direct physical clashes at the front,” Lt. Col. Yurii…
Economic derailment prices Mongolians out of family life
By Antonio Graceffo “Economic crises. Low income. Inflation, unemployment, gasoline price hikes ... many Mongolian families are affected mentally and physically. As a result, a lot of people are leaving Mongolia to…
Wagner Group: Putin’s attack dogs
By Antonio Graceffo “I think this is a tool for realizing national interests without the direct participation of the state,” is how on Nov. 4, 2012 Vladimir Putin described the deployment of…
The US Dollar Isn’t Going Anywhere
By Antonio Graceffo China, Russia, and other countries want to drop the U.S. dollar, but there is no alternative. In recent weeks, Chinese state media, cryptocurrency media, and other non-mainstream…
Brazil-China Yuan Trade Deal Not a Game Changer
By Antonio Graceffo According to a statement by the Brazilian government, Brazil and China reached an agreement on March 29 to conduct trade in their own currencies rather than the U.S. dollar.…
Tiktok matches definition of foreign agent
By Antonio Graceffo Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA), TikTok matches the definition of a foreign agent and should be banned. U.S. lawmakers are considering banning TikTok to protect…