The Art of War by Sun Tzu - Chapter 7: Maneuvering
https://suntzusaid.com/book/7I'm really appreciating the simple grace of the old wisdom here. It sounds like old time guerilla warfare, to my understanding.
I'm really appreciating the simple grace of the old wisdom here. It sounds like old time guerilla warfare, to my understanding.
By Stephen Sefton ... read full post
The Economist reports: "China is ditching the dollar, fast".
Over 30% of China’s trade in goods & services is now done in its own currency, RMB.
China settles over 50% of its total cross-border receipts (including financial flows) in yuan, up from less than 1% in 2010.
The development of the Israeli operation against Doha exposes not only Tel Aviv's military audacity, but also the fragility and impotence of Iran's neighboring Arab regimes. ... read full post

Despite all the rhetoric, Europe has continued buying large volumes of Russian energy from third parties. Looks like now that the attack on India failed, the new plan is to force Europe to stop buying energy instead. Europeans will now be forced to become even more reliant on expensive energy exports from the US and their economies will further suffer allowing the US to poach more business from Europe as a result. ... read full post
It is often difficult to identify a precise starting point for historical processes, which can take shape over decades. The collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s is an example of this reality, which also applies to the end of the old system of international relations that began in 1945 and the beginning of the new era the world has entered. However, it is possible to identify the key moments that mark the most important steps in these historical processes. It is also possible to characterize the varieties of the processes underway that engender these decisive moments, which can occur suddenly and unexpectedly, despite having been long anticipated. ... read full post
At the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, leaders representing over half of humanity signaled the rise of a multipolar world order. As China, Russia, India, and Central Asia push new financial and trade systems, the West risks being left on the sidelines. ... read full post