Posts by James G. Rickards

This story reports on a Ukrainian attack on an air base in Russia. Taken in isolation, it does not seem that unusual. There’s a war going on between Russia and Ukraine. Russia has pushed deep within Ukrainian territory and has annexed large parts of it into newly formed Russian republics. There’s no reason Ukraine would not…

You may have heard about the Twitter Files. This is a huge document dump of internal communications, emails, memos, spreadsheets, and other forms of data from inside the social media platform Twitter. These files were held in the strictest confidence by Twitter until the company was taken over by Elon Musk. Musk is a champion…

I use computer apps with word search algos to monitor the web for articles that are either of particular interest or that mention me, my books, or one of our publications. It’s a good way to keep tabs on what supporters and critics are saying. A lot of what turns up is spam and clickbait,…

It seems that every week or so the U.S. announces a new multi-billion-dollar package of aid for the corrupt regime in Ukraine. These aid packages fall into two categories: some are simple financial transfers to keep the oligarchs in Ukraine supplied with funds to keep their government going. Others consist of weapons including drones, anti-missile…

While American policymakers can barely think one move ahead on the geopolitical chessboard, Russia consistently thinks two and sometimes three moves ahead. A good example is the way that the head of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, built up Russian gold reserves for ten years ahead of the War in Ukraine. It was…

Foreign investors in China are at the breaking point. For almost three years, China has conducted the most extreme anti-COVID policy in the world. This policy is called Zero Covid and that name should be taken literally. In the spring of 2022, the Communist Party of China locked down Shanghai, a city of 26 million…

I’ve frequently said that forecasting Fed policy is easy. The Fed actually tells you what they plan to do in advance. All you have to do is listen to what they say and believe them. This is the “no drama” Fed. They don’t want to surprise markets or trigger any unexpected volatility. So, they signal…

There are times when the news isn’t exactly news, but it’s shocking nonetheless. This story is an example of that. The story describes how Twitter employees, especially top management, worked in 2020 to rig the election. It has many facets. Probably the single most important aspect was the cover-up of the blockbuster story of how Hunter Biden…

It’s amazing how little Americans understand about NATO given the obligations of the alliance and the risks to everyday Americans. Many Americans do understand that NATO is a group of nations connected by a treaty to provide for their mutual defense. But fewer understand that in recent years, NATO has morphed from a defensive alliance…

The U.S. along with its NATO allies and Russia keep moving down the path to nuclear war in Ukraine. That’s not speculation or fearmongering. The actions of the two sides conform to the escalation scenario that every expert on nuclear warfighting has warned about since the 1950s. The attack on Russian bases by Ukrainian drones…