Was the financial war against Russia over before it even began? My guest this week thinks so. 

Sean Ring is a writer, trainer, EdTech startup CEO, teacher, and Editor of The Rude Awakening.  Sean has lived and traveled in East Asia for many years, and he has a unique take on China's view of the West's response to Russia and the invasion of Ukraine.On this episode of The Wiggin Sessions, Sean joins me to discuss China's view of the US's financial war and why the US can't act alone. Sean discusses how sanctions against Russia are speeding up China's plans to dominate the global economy and how they might replace the U.S. dollar's dominance of the Middle Eastern market, plus the ramifications therein. 

Listen in to understand the war from Russia’s point of view and what Halford Mackinder’s “Heartland Theory” of the World-Island has to do with why the Russia Ukrainian conflict is raging right now. 

Key Takeaways

How Sean's history of living and traveling in East Asia informs his perspective on China's view of the West

Why the sanctions against self-sufficient Russia are only going to backfire and make them more powerful

Sean’s insight into China's perspective on the war, and how the Russian sanctions could cause the emergence of non-dependence on the US dollar

Sean looks at the countries that refuse to impose sanctions and the Russian isolation fairy tale 

Why we will see a Balkanization of the world economy

What Sean thinks is China’s biggest risk

Sean explains Russia’s view of the war and why the Russia Ukrainian conflict is raging right now

Sean gives an insight into what we don't get from the Western media

The impending depreciation of the US dollar and why inflation is here to stay

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Resources 

Klaus Schwab

Mark Carney

Byron King—The Danger in Weaponizing the US Dollar EP48

Martin Anderson—When and Why Wars are Needed EP49

'Got Rubles?' by Sean Ring in The Rude Awakening

Jim Rickards at The Daily Reckoning

'Russia Built Parallel Payments System That Escaped Western Sanctions' in The Wall Street Journal

'The Usual Suspects Are Pushing War with Russia' in Mises Wire

Dmitry Orlov

Peter Thiel

Halford Mackinder

John Mearsheimer

‘Biden Saves Ukraine From Russia—by the Inch' in The Wall Street Journal

Olaf Scholz

The Budapest Memorandum

Taiwan Relations Act

Jim Rogers

Victoria Nuland Testimony On Biolabs In Ukraine

Bill Bonner

The World Economic Forum