The attack on Israel has sent gold soaring, the dollar higher and leading to massive buying of US bonds by the world’s biggest investors, as developments in other areas such as Kosovo and Taiwan also follow.
Israel’s declaration of war on Hamas, and US involvement targeting Iran, has sent big investors moving to safe havens as they closely monitor events in the Middle East, weighing geopolitical risk for markets.
Rising geopolitical risk is driving asset purchases such as gold and the dollar with mathematical precision, and has boosted demand for US Treasuries, which have now sold off.
As trading opened in Asia on Monday, these themes came to the fore.
US stock futures fell , while crude oil , gold and US Treasuries jumped. The Hamas-Israel War is a good example of why people need gold in their portfolios. It is a perfect hedge against international turmoil.
Kosovo is a possible flashpoint
The situation in Kosovo-Metohija is difficult because the authorities in Pristina are trying to hinder the life of the Serbian people in the region under the pretext of implementing “anti-terrorist measures” and he estimated that any punishment by Belgrade for the events in the village of Baniska would harm not only the dialogue, but it would lead to even worse situations.
In addition, the militarized Kurti regime is trying to completely block the life of the Serbian people under the pretext of implementing some kind of anti-terrorist measures and does not pay any attention to the fact that there are already severe problems in the functioning of daily life and in the supply of food, especially medicine. Kurti will continue to make life difficult for the Serbian people in Kosovo, which, he added, is evident from his intention to prevent the flow of any goods from central Serbia to that region.
This is the reason for the rebellion of the Serbs and the provoking of new armed incidents in the region. In this particular region, one spark is enough to blow up not only Kosovo and Bosnia but the entire Balkans and this is clear now more than ever.
Taiwan prepares citizens for civil war with China
As Beijing ramps up pressure on Taiwan with military exercises across the island, the country’s government is also preparing its people for a fierce urban war and asymmetric combat.
In September, China’s military held drills to practice invading the island as part of a major boost in preparations for conflict with Taiwan.
According to Taiwan’s latest defense report, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is expanding its coastal military airfields and deploying aircraft carrier battle groups to breach the US and its allies’ containment.
Facing extreme pressure from the mainland, Taiwan’s military is preparing for urban warfare, bolstering its asymmetric warfare capabilities with precision-guided munitions (PGMs).
In addition to the unusual number of Chinese warplanes and warships, there were also more exercises with unmanned aerial vehicles and long-range missile artillery units of the Eastern Theater acting as aggressors.
Taiwanese authorities estimated that the main purpose of the PLA’s low-profile military exercises and lack of publicity was to strengthen its readiness for war with Taiwan and limit foreign military aid.
China may be preparing to integrate Taiwan’s nationalist Chinese, ending a civil war that began in 1945 and led to the creation of the state of Taiwan, which Beijing does not of course recognize but has drawn a strong backlash from the US, which supports the island. with armament.
So if these foci are activated and we add the war in Ukraine, then we have a normal World War that will enclose the authoritarian regimes of Asia in the Asian continent, but creating the conditions to “shake” the planet in the air, literally.
