The Ukraine War and Great Power Competition
By Antonio Graceffo The term Great Power competition (GPC) can be used as a framework to analyze interstate relations, such as those between the United States and the Russian Federation.…
Silicon Valley Bank: What Happened and What Happens Next
By Antonio Graceffo There has been no bailout for Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The bank went into receivership administered by the FDIC, which has pledged to make depositors whole. SVB…
China Brokering Saudi-Iran Deal Sees Biden Losing the Middle East
By Antonio Graceffo The Chinese Communist Party's Middle East peace deal has implications for U.S. regional influence. On March 10th, Saudi Arabia and Iran announced that they would resume diplomatic relations in…
Mongolian herders’ lives out of ‘steppe’ with global economic realities
By Antonio Graceffo Originally published in BNE Intelligence News March 17, 2023 Mongolia’s economy has struggled since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. In the past three years,…
How China Prolongs Myanmar’s Endless Internal Conflicts
By Antonio Graceffo Originally published in Jamestown Foundations, China Brief Volume: 23 Issue: 5, March 17, 2023 Introduction Since 1949, Myanmar has experienced the world’s longest ongoing armed conflict. Following…
CCP Doing Nothing to Stop Drug-Precursor Sales to the US
By Antonio Graceffo CommentaryRoughly 90 percent of fentanyl deaths in the United States can be traced back to China, with Mexican drug cartels turning Chinese precursor materials into finished products.…
The PLA’s Futuristic and Hybrid Warfare Unit
By Antonio Graceffo The Chinese spy balloon is just one small example of the threat posed to U.S. national security by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s Strategic Support Force (SSF)…
South Africa Choosing Sides in China–Russia Wargames
South Africa conducts military drills with Russia and China as blocs form across the globe By Antonio Graceffo Combined military and naval drills between South Africa, Russia, and China began…
Policy Recommendation: Countering Russian Escalation of the Ukraine War
By Antonio Graceffo So far, the Ukraine war has remained a limited war, from the standpoint of the U.S. and NATO as no troops have been committed, and both the…
Sovereign Cryptocurrency: A Grim Future of Control
By Antonio Graceffo Sovereign digital currency will give the government complete control over the economy of people’s private lives. The British government announced that it would be phasing in a…