In the Face of Trump’s Threats, BRICS Seems No Closer to Building Alternative Institutions
India holds the rotating presidency of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) this year, and following last year’s…
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Congress Seeks to Ban China from Key International Finance Orgs if Believed to Threaten Taiwan
The House recently passed a bill entitled the PROTECT Taiwan Act, which would, if signed into law, order the…
02/26 End of the Empire: Project Vault Is a Poor Substitute for a Critical Metals Industry
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Local Economy Seems Bolstered by ‘Irreversible’ Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Consolidated data shows that Armenian economic activity grew 9.2% in 2025 off the back of a substantial change in…
Will Bad News Continue to Be Good News for US Equities?
For the majority of Joe Biden’s Presidency, interest rates remained higher than historically normal. This had the funny effect…
Last Arms Control Treaty Limiting US and Russian Nuclear Weapons Expires
On January 14th, humanity went the longest span of time without detonating a nuclear weapon since the dawn of…
Will Trump’s Pick of Warsh for Fed Chairman Curtail or Accelerate the ‘Sell America’ Trade?
This is part 2 of a 2-part series on the so-called Sell America trade. You can read part 1…
Trump’s Greenland Obsession May Involve Blocking China-Backed Australian Mining Company
As WaL reported on January 23rd, President Trump’s obsession with critical minerals spun-off into an obsession with Greenland. Understanding that…
What Is the ‘Sell America’ Trade, and What Does it Mean for Trump’s Econ Agenda?
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on the so-called Sell America Trade. When President Donald Trump…
To Develop Critical Minerals, Industry and White House Propose Becoming China to Fight China
This is Part 4 of a 4-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
America’s Cardiologists Decry New Guidelines on Animal Fats While 70% of Americans Are Obese
America’s media physicians are hitting the airwaves to denounce the flipping of the food pyramid as directed under the…
Trump’s ‘Obsession’ with Critical Minerals Led Him to Greenland–for No Good Reason
Last July, Foreign Policy described President Trump as being “obsessed” with critical minerals—a byword for a host of commodities as common…
Environmentalism’s Cost in Cobalt, Antimony, Copper, and Silver: Critical Minerals in America
This is Part 3 of a 4-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
01/26 End of the Empire: Trump’s Trade Wars Accelerate De-Dollarization Amid US Debt Rollover
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Yemen’s Separatists Dissolve Under Saudi Offensive, Imperiling Any Sort of Respite in the Country
Story at a glance… Saudi-backed groups have retaken control of south and east Yemen from a separatist group backed…
Rare Earths Are Not Nearly as Rare as the Capital and Interest Needed to Develop Them
This is Part 2 of a 3-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
Are Critical Minerals Critical, or Just Neglected?
This is Part 1 of a 3-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…
‘A Crisis Between Two Occupiers’—Houthis Muse Saudi-UAE Infighting in Southern Yemen
Infighting has broken out between two Gulf nations united in their attempts to oust the Houthis from the capital…
US Navy Appears to Be Outgunned as Chinese ‘Carrier Killer’ Enters Mass Production
Having been reportedly in development for 3 years, the People’s Liberation Army’s YJ-20 hypersonic ship-to-ship missile is being claimed…
Gov. Designation of Silver as Critical Mineral Fuels Bull Market Breakout to Unprecedented Price
According to the most successful precious metal and commodity investors, there is more than one reason behind the stratospheric…