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Pakistan on the Brink of Collapse, CCP to Benefit

By Antonio Graceffo November 11, 2023World

by Antonio Graceffo The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is biding its time as Pakistan, already facing economic collapse, is now in the throes of widespread protests and political violence. Pakistan…

NATO Needs A Bank To Increase Its Effectiveness

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) suffers from disproportionate financial burden-sharing., exacerbated by the fact the NATO has expanded its area of operations beyond the borders of…

Repression of all religions is intensifying in China

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023China

By Antonio Graceffo The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) 2023 Annual Report documented a significant increase in religious oppression in the People’s Republic of China. Reports by government and…

Third Actors and Implications for International Order in the Ukraine War

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023Blog

By Antonio Graceffo On the surface, the Ukraine war appears to be a conflict between two primary actors, namely, the Russian Federation and the sovereign nation of Ukraine. On deeper…

CCP Intelligence Operations in the US

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023World

By Antonio Graceffo The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security are ramping up efforts to counter CCP intelligence operations in the U.S. On May 11, the FBI arrested an alleged Chinese…

SCO Expansion Extends CCP Diplomatic and Military Reach

By Antonio Graceffo November 4, 2023China

By Antonio Graceffo The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is expanding by absorbing pariah states, such as Iran, Burma (also known as Myanmar), and Belarus, while increasing the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP)…

English key to integrating Taiwanese and US military

By Antonio Graceffo October 26, 2023China

By Antonio Graceffo The Taiwan government’s desire for greater integration with the U.S. military is supported by its goal of making the country bilingual by 2030. Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen told ex-U.S. national…

Narcotrafficking: A National Security Threat

By Antonio Graceffo October 26, 2023Blog

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 October 26, 2023World

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…

The US Dollar Isn’t Going Anywhere

By Antonio Graceffo October 1, 2023U.S.A

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…