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From Asia to the World: How Global Scam Networks Are Targeting Us
How Global Scam Centers Became Shadow Financial Superpowers — And What We Can Do to Stop Them
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Adam Rousselle
An Archipelago Beyond Control: The Hidden Threat of China’s Offshore Capital
How elite offshore capital threatens global stability and exposes the cracks in China’s power.
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Adam Rousselle
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How liquidity foresight predicts conflict — and why it matters now
Rising attacks, sunken cargo ships, and soaring insurance premiums reveal the true cost of potential shifts in Middle East liquidity flows.
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Adam Rousselle
The New Divide: Why Liquidity, Not Land, Defines Sovereignty
Canada’s quiet technocratic pivot reveals a new global split: mastery of cash flows versus sovereign leakage.
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Adam Rousselle
How Shadow Liquidity Sustains Al-Shabaab: From Charcoal Exports to Shell Companies
Mapping the hidden financial arteries that keep one of Africa’s deadliest insurgencies alive — from global smuggling routes to potential cryptocurrency…
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Adam Rousselle
Liquidity Is Sovereignty: The Hidden Infrastructure of Global Power
The Strategic Infrastructure Behind Global Conflict. A doctrine I've been developing for some time.
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Adam Rousselle

June 2025

The Houthis and al-Shabaab: Mounting Evidence Suggests Threat to Global Security
An overlooked alliance with serious implications for maritime security
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Adam Rousselle
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Trump Just Gave China the Green Light to Buy Iranian Oil. Here’s What it Really Means.
Houthi Oil Smuggling Under Threat as Trump Opens Path for Iran–China Trade
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Adam Rousselle
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Beyond the Field: Why Counter-Terror Finance Needs a Systems Mindset
Why Field Interviews Alone Miss the Financial Engine of Modern Terrorism
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Adam Rousselle
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Crypto, Conflict, and Sanctions: Inside the Financial Networks Powering Modern Warfare
How Tehran’s digital money networks—mirrored by Russia, China, and North Korea—are quietly outpacing the systems meant to contain them.
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Adam Rousselle
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Iran’s Strike on Israel Was No Bluff: Asymmetric Warfare, Psychological Impact, and Strategic Messaging
Tehran’s missile and drone barrage wasn’t just retaliation—it was a calculated move to overwhelm defenses, shape perception, and send broader regional…
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Israel’s Massive Airstrike on Iran: What It Means for Markets, Escalation Risks, and Nuclear Talks
Over 200 Israeli warplanes struck key Iranian targets—raising fears of wider conflict, oil shocks, and the collapse of nuclear diplomacy.
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