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Ian Campbell
Holy War: The Untold Story of Catholic Italy’s Crusade Against the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
London: C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2023 (more…)
Counter-Currents
Tag: BRICS
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3,025 wordsDavid E. Sanger
New Cold Wars: China’s Rise, Russia’s Invasion, and America’s Struggle to Defend the West
New York: Crown, 2024The Second Cold War has started. This simmering conflict is one in which Russia and China are united against Western Civilization in general and America more specifically. This situation developed day by day underneath a sky of optimism that existed internationally in the 1990s. (more…)
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6,105 wordsOn 2024’s April Fool’s Day, fighter-bombers from modern Israel’s American-funded and American-equipped air force bombed the Embassy of Iran in Damascus, Syria. A fortnight later, the Iranians responded with a drone and missile attack that was mostly thwarted. Then came the appearance of calm between the two hostile nations for several months. (more…)
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1,543 wordsThere is a silver lining to the black cloud that is the ongoing Iran War. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) assets have been moved from South Korea to the Persian Gulf. How should Americans walk away from South Korea? By any means necessary.
Otherwise, the breakout of the Iran War is a frustrating disappointment. It appears the Israelis have gotten us into yet another desert disaster. (more…)
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2,017 wordsSaleha Mohsin
Paper Soldiers: How the Weaponization of the Dollar Changed the World Order
New York: Portfolio, 2024[. . . ] in April 2023, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva drew loud applause from an audience of Chinese dignitaries in Shanghai when he heralded the demise of the dollar. “Every night I ask myself why all countries have to base their trade on the dollar. Who was it that decided that the dollar was the currency after the disappearance of the gold standard?” he asked the delighted crowd. (more…)
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1,716 wordsGeorge S. Takach
Cold War 2.0: Artificial Intelligence in the New Battle Between China, Russia, and America
New York: Pegasus Books, 2024George S. Takach is a Canadian technologist who specializes in understanding the development and use of cutting edge products. His works in the field of technology law. Takach is also deeply concerned about the two most dangerous members of the BRICS coalition—China and Russia. (more…)
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Pixabay, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pixabay, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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BRICS—named for the first five nations which entered the pact, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, is a serious danger to America. The BRICS hazard comprises three separate threats. The first is an alternative banking and financial system which is opposed to the US dollar. The second consists of military threats which include aggressive Russian forces in Eastern Europe and the Arctic as well as Chinese military pressure in the Indo-Pacific. The BRICS bloc has already militarily cooperated. (more…)
