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August 2025

FinCEN Names the Game: Chinese Shadow Liquidity in Action
FinCEN’s latest advisory exposes $312 billion in flows, but the real danger is a parallel financial system evolving faster than enforcement.
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Adam Rousselle
PRC-Manufactured Weapons Abound Among African Militant Groups
Original work cited by the United States Senate
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Adam Rousselle
The Liquidity Framework
Targeting the Multi-Billion-Dollar Infrastructure behind 21st Century Threat Finance
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Adam Rousselle
China’s Military Power Part I: Image vs. Reality
How the PLA’s Image of Power Masks Deep Structural Flaws
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Adam Rousselle
When Money Flees, Power Follows - Part III
The Centrifugal Force of Guanxi-Based Capital Flight
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When Money Flees, Power Follows - Part II
Contemporary Echoes: China’s Modern Financial Fragilities
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Adam Rousselle
When Money Flees, Power Follows
The silent erosion of the Chinese state
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Adam Rousselle
Why Capturing Islamic State Somalia’s Finance Chief Won’t Stop the Money
Tactical victories don’t dismantle transnational financial systems.
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Adam Rousselle
Beyond Territory and Ideology: Illicit Liquidity Nodes — Enabled by Tech — Sustain Modern Terrorism
From Crypto Rails to Commodity Flows: The Parallel Economies Behind Global Militancy
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July 2025

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