The Dollar is at risk of weakening during the late summer as US political and geopolitical risks ratchet up, says Bank of America’s FX strategist David Woo. Not only the Dollar but other so-called risky assets like equities and emerging market asset, could also suffer, as political standoffs dominate politics in the US and geopolitics in a Korea-China-US relationship triangle. The market is not […]
US Dollar at Risk of Falling Further in Late Summer as Political Risks Mount
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09/19/2017
Clearly the US has escalated the pivotal role of the military in the making of foreign and, by extension, domestic policy. The rise of ‘the Generals’ to strategic positions in the Trump regime is evident, deepening its role as a highly autonomous force determining US strategic policy agendas.
In this paper we will discuss the advantages that the military elite accumulate from the war agenda and the reasons why ‘the Generals’ have been able to impose their definition of international realities.
We will discuss the military’s ascendancy over Trump’s civilian regime as a result of the relentless degradation of his presidency by his political opposition.
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