China’s secret plan to replace the dollar and America’s last-ditch mineral war to stop it

China’s quantum AI race for global control

On the Record with Christian Briggs – I examine China’s race to dominate quantum computing, artificial intelligence, digital currencies, critical minerals, and lunar resources. The episode warns that Beijing’s long-term strategy could reshape global trade, communications, finance, and national security while challenging whether America is moving fast enough to defend technological leadership and freedom worldwide...

Quantum War: The Secret Race that could end American power forever

On the Record with Christian Briggs – Christian Briggs warns that quantum computing and artificial intelligence are reshaping global power, with China racing to dominate critical technology, resources, encryption, and military advantage as America faces a new Cold War fought through processors, data, cybersecurity, and computational supremacy across every sector...

Beginning of the end for the US dollar? 137 countries are building digital currencies

On the Record with Christian Briggs – The expansion of BRICS, central-bank gold accumulation, reserve diversification, and growing concerns about economic sovereignty. Why are governments buying gold at record levels? Why are nations investing billions into digital monetary systems? And what role could CBDCs, tokenized assets, and future payment networks play in the next phase of...

The financial war most Americans never saw coming

On the Record with Christian Briggs – This isn't merely a story about trade deficits, cheap manufacturing, or international politics. It's a story about financial power, critical minerals, banking networks, global infrastructure, and the battle to shape the monetary system of the twenty-first century. We trace China's transformation from a poor, largely rural nation into a...

Growing Iran conflict raises questions about energy, inflation & US strategy

On the Record with Christian Briggs – President Trump’s approach is aggressive but strategic—aimed at eliminating long-term threats rather than managing short-term optics. However, the situation has not unfolded as quickly or cleanly as expected. What was initially believed to be a short conflict has turned into a prolonged and complex engagement, with unexpected resistance and geopolitical...