Join Us at the 2023 World Economic Conference in Orlando, Florida!

? Dates: November 17, 18, and 19 ? Location: Orlando, Florida, USA (or tune in from home with our virtual ticket options)

Are you ready to unlock the future of economics and finance? Prepare for an unforgettable World Economic Conference experience in sunny Orlando, Florida! This premier event is your gateway to insights, networking, and valuable resources that will supercharge your understanding of the global economy.

?️ What’s Included for In-Person Attendees:

1. Event Admission: Enjoy reserved seating assigned based on the order of ticket sales, ensuring you have a prime view of every presentation.
2. Presentation Slides: Gain access to the presentation slides from all speakers, allowing you to delve deeper into the topics discussed.
3. Video Recording: Can’t make it to a session? No worries! You’ll receive access to video recordings of all conference presentations, so you can catch up at your convenience.
4. WEC Event App: Connect with the conference on a whole new level. Access presentation slides, bonus reports, recordings, and more via the official WEC Event App.
5. Bonus Conference Materials: Get a package of bonus conference-related materials, including exclusive bonus reports and videos (as provided by Martin Armstrong).
6. Morning Information Sessions: Don’t miss out on important morning information sessions, screened on-site in the meeting room on Saturday and Sunday.
7. Networking Opportunities: Exclusive access to the Event App Networking Feature allows you to connect with fellow attendees, both in-person and virtual, fostering valuable professional relationships.
8. Culinary Delights: Savor delicious breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday, prepared to keep you energized throughout the day.
9. Cocktail Reception: Kick off the conference in style at our Friday evening cocktail reception. Meet and mingle with fellow attendees while enjoying refreshing drinks.
10. Swag Bag: As a token of our appreciation, each in-person attendee will receive a swag bag filled with goodies, including an Armstrong Economics notebook, pen, and an event collector’s mug!

Unable to travel? We also have two different ticket options for those wishing to attend virtually! 

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a global gathering of economic and financial minds. Secure your spot at the World Economic Conference in Orlando, Florida, and gain the knowledge, connections, and resources you need to thrive in the world of finance and economics.

Space is limited, so act now and reserve your seat! Visit our Events page to register and join us in sunny Orlando this November.

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The second edition of “The Plot to Seize Russia – The Untold History” is now available for purchase in paperback and hardcover on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. The ebook will be available shortly.

Book description:

“Take care of Russia,” Boris Yeltsin said as he departed his presidency in August 1999. These words were directed at current Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Yeltsin specifically picked Putin as his predecessor to prevent the takeover of Russia.

So, who was Yeltsin warning against? Newly declassified documents from the Clinton Administration prove that there was a plot to rig the Russian election of 2000. These never-before-seen documents confirm numerous attempts to implement pro-Western policies using the Russian oligarchy headed by Boris Berezovsky.

On the other side were the communists who desired a return to the glory days of the Soviet Union. As one of the largest international hedge fund managers, author Martin Armstrong found himself in the middle of perhaps the greatest espionage, or attempt at a regime change for Russia, in modern history.

The Plot to Seize Russia pulls back the curtain to expose the most extraordinary attempt to seize power in modern history, but with the pen rather than armies. These declassified documents reveal a plot that has altered our thinking about the relations between the United States and Russia. The thirst for power comes seething through every line of these papers that alter our perception of reality, change the course of history, and now threaten us with World War III.

Africa may be the world’s test site for vaccinations, but the United States has become the test site for synthetic foods. I mentioned in an earlier article that posts have been circulating online of consumers questioning the food supply. Wild animals won’t eat the stuff, even bugs refuse to touch it. The food rarely molds and the structure itself is often questionable. Nowhere in the developed world are producers permitted to peddle this poison. Before one could at least tell processed garbage from real food, but it all blends in together now. Real produce is becoming a scarcity. Our government does indeed hate us.

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AVOID “CELL CULTURED,” “CELL-BASED,” AND “CULTIVATED” MEATS:

? EXTREMELY ALARMING
WAKE UP: Your Supermarket Meat
Might Be LAB-GROWN ?

This video is going
to blow your mind!

They’re sneaking “cell-cultured” or “cultivated” fake meat into packages… grown in bioreactors from animal cells, not farms.

No “lab-grown” label because they… https://t.co/SutGBQU63j pic.twitter.com/RoE6RUGTZa

— Noah B. Price (@TrueOnX) June 3, 2026

Thirty-seven years have passed since the events of June 4, 1989, and yet the Chinese government continues to devote enormous resources to preventing people from remembering it. That fact alone should tell you how significant the event remains.

According to reports, authorities this year blocked relatives of victims from visiting graves in Beijing. Members of the Tiananmen Mothers group, who for decades quietly visited cemeteries to honor family members killed during the crackdown, were reportedly warned not to attend. In Hong Kong, police maintained a heavy security presence around Victoria Park, where annual candlelight vigils once drew tens of thousands of people. Even symbolic acts of remembrance have increasingly resulted in police intervention.

Governments always claim that history belongs in the past. Yet when they continue fighting battles over memory decades later, it reveals that history is still influencing the present. The Soviet Union spent generations attempting to control historical narratives. Eastern European governments did the same. Military regimes throughout Latin America followed similar patterns. Every government eventually discovers that controlling information is far easier than controlling memory.

What interests me is the contrast between economic and political development. Since 1989, China transformed itself from a developing nation into the world’s second-largest economy. Hundreds of millions of people were lifted out of poverty. Entire cities emerged where farmland once stood. High-speed rail networks, modern ports, and industrial infrastructure appeared on a scale rarely seen in human history. Yet despite all of that economic progress, June 4 remains one of the most tightly controlled subjects in the country.

The official death toll from the crackdown remains disputed. Estimates have ranged from hundreds to potentially thousands of casualties. What is not disputed is that the event fundamentally changed China’s future. Political liberalization largely ended. Economic development accelerated, and stability became the overriding objective of government policy. The modern Chinese state that emerged over the following three decades was shaped directly by those decisions.

Today, China faces a very different set of challenges. Economic growth has slowed from the extraordinary rates that characterized earlier decades. Demographic pressures are mounting. Debt levels have risen substantially. Relations with the United States and its allies have deteriorated. Military tensions surrounding Taiwan continue to increase. Yet despite these new concerns, authorities remain determined to prevent any public discussion of the events of 1989.

History has always been one of the most powerful forces in politics. Politicians believe they shape history. More often than not, history shapes them. The fact that governments, activists, families, and foreign leaders are still arguing over events that occurred thirty-seven years ago demonstrates that certain moments never truly disappear. They simply become part of the foundation upon which future generations build their understanding of the world.

The lesson is not unique to China. Every government wants to write its own version of history. Very few succeed in making people forget it.

One of the more fascinating stories this week had nothing to do with missiles, aircraft carriers, or battlefield reports. Instead, it came from the intelligence agencies of the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Five Eyes alliance issued a rare joint warning claiming Chinese intelligence services are aggressively using professional networking sites and online recruitment platforms to identify and recruit individuals with access to sensitive information. The targets reportedly include military personnel, defense specialists, intelligence professionals, foreign policy experts, journalists, and think tank employees.

According to the bulletin, Chinese operatives allegedly create fake companies, false recruiter profiles, and seemingly legitimate consulting opportunities designed to attract people with valuable knowledge. Individuals are offered money to write reports or provide analysis, often beginning with harmless topics before gradually being pushed toward more sensitive information. Intelligence officials claim some recruits receive hundreds or even thousands of dollars per report, with payments increasing as the information becomes more valuable.

Whether every allegation is true is almost secondary to the larger trend. We are watching the transformation of espionage itself. During the Cold War, spies met in dark alleys, passed briefcases, and exchanged coded messages. Today intelligence gathering takes place through social media, networking platforms, encrypted messaging applications, artificial intelligence, and massive data collection systems. The battlefield has expanded into cyberspace, finance, telecommunications, academia, and even job recruitment websites.

What makes this warning significant is that it was issued jointly. The Five Eyes alliance rarely releases public statements of this nature. The bulletin explicitly stated that Chinese military intelligence seeks to obtain military, political, and economic intelligence that could provide a strategic advantage over Western nations. The coordinated nature of the warning suggests these governments increasingly view China not simply as a competitor but as a long-term strategic rival.

Throughout history, great powers have always competed for resources, technology, and information. The difference today is that information itself has become one of the most valuable strategic assets in the world. Whoever possesses superior information gains an advantage across virtually every field.

This is why I have repeatedly argued that we are entering a very different world than the one that existed after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The period from 1991 onward was built upon increasing globalization and integration. What is emerging now looks increasingly like competing economic, technological, and geopolitical blocs. Supply chains are being reorganized. Capital is being redirected. Military spending is rising. Intelligence agencies are becoming more active. Trust between major powers continues to decline.

The timing is particularly interesting. We are already seeing growing tensions surrounding Taiwan, expanding military preparations throughout Asia, rising defense spending across Europe, and an increasingly fragmented global economy. At the same time, intelligence agencies are publicly warning about espionage campaigns aimed at gaining military, political, and economic advantages. These developments rarely occur in isolation.

Our models have warned that 2026 would be a panic-cycle year characterized by rising volatility and geopolitical escalation. As we move toward 2027, the risk of major geopolitical confrontations continues to rise. By 2028, the economic pressures begin colliding with those geopolitical tensions as sovereign debt problems, slowing growth, and civil unrest emerge throughout various regions. Then comes the major ECM turning point in 2029.

The warning issued this week is another reminder that the struggle for global power is already taking place. The methods may have changed, but human nature has not.

Zelensky is now warning that Russian intelligence preparations point toward a “massive new strike” against Ukraine. He urged Ukrainians to pay attention to air raid warnings and said Ukrainian intelligence services have information indicating that Russia is preparing another large-scale attack. At the same time, Moscow has warned diplomats and foreigners to leave Kyiv while threatening what it called “systematic strikes” against targets in the Ukrainian capital.

Most people continue to view these announcements as simply another chapter in a war that has dragged on since 2022. That completely misses the larger picture. This conflict stopped being about territory long ago. What we are witnessing is the gradual expansion of a regional war into a broader geopolitical confrontation involving NATO, Russia, Europe, and increasingly the global economy itself.

The Romanian incident should have received far more attention than it did. According to reports, a Russian drone struck an apartment building in Romania, injuring civilians. Romania is a NATO member. Had casualties been larger or the circumstances slightly different, the alliance could have found itself under enormous pressure to respond. The danger in wars is rarely the event everyone expects. It is the accident, miscalculation, or unintended escalation that nobody planned for.

Meanwhile, Russia has been increasing the scale of its missile and drone attacks while Ukraine has expanded long-range strikes deep inside Russian territory. Oil terminals, military facilities, airfields, and naval infrastructure hundreds of miles from the front are increasingly becoming targets. The battlefield itself is no longer confined to eastern Ukraine. Both sides are attempting to strike economic and strategic infrastructure far behind enemy lines.

The mainstream press still insists on analyzing every development as if it exists in isolation. Taiwan is treated as one issue. Ukraine is another. The Middle East is another. Yet all three regions are heating up simultaneously. China continues increasing military pressure around Taiwan. NATO is openly discussing vulnerabilities extending into 2028 and 2029. Europe is rearming at a pace not seen in decades. The Middle East remains unstable. These are not separate stories. They are different manifestations of the same global trend.

Our models have been warning that 2026 would be a panic-cycle year characterized by rising volatility and escalating geopolitical tensions. The events unfolding right now fit that pattern remarkably well. The risks continue building into 2027, which remains a major war-risk year in our forecasts. By 2028, the economic side of the crisis begins colliding with the geopolitical side as recessionary pressures, sovereign debt problems, and civil unrest intensify. Then comes the major ECM turning point in 2029.

What concerns me is that military officials across multiple countries are increasingly discussing the same timeframe. Latvia’s military chief recently warned of a strategic vulnerability window extending until roughly 2028. Taiwan is building military capabilities specifically with 2029 in mind. NATO is preparing for a longer confrontation. Ukraine is warning of larger Russian offensives. Independent actors are arriving at similar conclusions despite viewing the world through entirely different lenses.

Perhaps the greatest mistake investors and governments continue to make is assuming that because the worst outcome has not happened yet, it never will. History is full of periods where tensions built gradually until suddenly they accelerated. Looking back, everyone claimed the warning signs were obvious. Living through them, most people dismissed them as noise. But now the noise is becoming very loud.

I have repeatedly warned that people need to watch Turkey. Most analysts view Turkey as simply another emerging market struggling with inflation, currency volatility, and political uncertainty. They are missing the larger picture. Turkey sits at the crossroads of Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Asia. When capital shifts, when energy flows change, when geopolitical alliances begin to fracture, Turkey is often standing directly in the middle.

Now Turkey is negotiating with Russia to extend natural gas supply agreements beyond 2026. The discussions involve Turkey’s state energy company BOTAS and Russia’s Gazprom, with future supply volumes and contract terms still under negotiation. Russia remains one of Turkey’s most important suppliers through the TurkStream and Blue Stream pipelines.

Europe spent years proclaiming that it would permanently divorce itself from Russian energy. Sanctions were imposed and pipelines were destroyed. Yet the laws of economics do not care about political slogans. Energy must still move from where it is produced to where it is consumed. Russia still possesses enormous reserves. Europe still requires energy. Turkey increasingly controls one of the most important transit routes connecting those two realities. Today, TurkStream is effectively the last major route carrying Russian gas into parts of Europe.

This is precisely why Turkey has become so important in the emerging multipolar world. Erdogan has spent years balancing relations with NATO, Russia, China, Europe, and the United States. Western leaders often criticize him, yet they continue dealing with him because geography has given Turkey leverage that cannot be replaced. Turkey’s position allows it to act as a bridge between competing power blocs.

At the same time, Turkey is not merely relying on Russian gas. Ankara is expanding energy cooperation with Azerbaijan, investing roughly $30 billion into its electricity infrastructure, strengthening transmission links across the region, and attempting to position itself as the primary energy hub connecting Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Europe.

Turkey sits directly on the fault line of several major geopolitical trends at the same time. The war cycle, the fragmentation of Europe, tensions between NATO and Russia, instability in the Middle East, migration flows, and the global energy transition all converge in one place. Whenever multiple historical trends intersect in a single region, volatility follows.

What many fail to understand is that Turkey’s future is no longer tied exclusively to Europe. It is building relationships eastward and southward while maintaining one foot inside the Western system. That balancing act may become one of the most important geopolitical stories of the next decade.

People should watch Turkey carefully because it is increasingly becoming the barometer of the new world order. The old postwar structure is breaking apart. The nations positioned between competing power centers often become the biggest winners. Turkey may be one of them, provided it can navigate the storms that are clearly gathering into 2027 and beyond.