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.…
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…