The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm Series: Part 11 – Epilogue: The World Reconsiders (400 words) by Michael Stevens

The Gathering Storm Series: Epilogue: The World Reconsiders Empires often fall behind closed doors. This one is breaking in the open. For decades, China promised partnership but delivered control. It sold growth, but extracted dependency. Nations signed the deals. China wrote the terms. One-sided trade. Lopsided influence. A slow erosion…

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The Gathering Storm Series: Part 9 – The Dragon’s Coin: Breaking the Dollar, Buying the World (750 words) by Michael Stevens

The Gathering Storm Series: Part 9 – The Dragon’s Coin: Breaking the Dollar, Buying the World Follow the Coin Empires do not rise with gunfire. They rise on coin. On trade. On control of what the world needs—and who gets it. That was the essence of mercantilism centuries ago. And…

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