What do YOU think is playing out in the geopolitical sphere : I think China and Russia know its their time to take over the global power from the west & they are positioning themselves (have been preparing for 10 yrs now). As such they dont want to risk their planned trade projects with a war with the West (even though the East can win easily imo) . War is messy, just suffocates trade & economies to only make the banksters richer - war would stifle or slow down the eco-geo power shift from West to East. So that is why I think China will try to avoid war confrontation with the West by deploying a gold backed trading mechanism to bypass the USD. This will undermine what little confidence left in the USD on the global stage. Perhaps the West will not have the support nor funds required to push war at some point. I believe China and Russia are letting the West (lead by US) to hyperinflate and further degrade their financial & economic standing. Bi-lateral trade with gold trade note & national currencies provides a sound solution to nations moving away from USD.
War only suits the losing/weaker party.
China and Russia have plans to grow their economy for the coming decades through the mega infrastructure project ORBI - they DO NOT need a war.
US and western alliance have no infrastructure plan to secure future economic growth - just coups, trade tarrifs, sanctions - THEY need a war
It will be interesting who the EU will side with...so far it seems Germany (amongst some other EU nations) are making bilateral deals in national currencies with Russia and Iran bypassing SWIFT. And there is talk of building an alternative to SWIFT...I expect EU will break apart, each will use their local currencies for bi-lateral trade with the Yuan gold trade note.
Interesting times - And good times for Gold ..imo