The Invisible Battlefield: How Finance Evolved from War's Fuel to Its Deadliest Weapon
The Invisible Battlefield: How Finance Evolved from War's Fuel to Its Deadliest Weapon From Ancient Sieges to Digital Blockchains—The Multi-Faceted War for Economic Sovereignty in 2026 When Money Becomes a Missile While we often think of "war" in terms of steel and gunpowder, finance has been a battlefield for as long as money has existed. Yet the transition from financing a war—buying weapons and feeding soldiers—to using finance as a weapon, destroying an economy to force surrender, represents one of the most profound shifts in geopolitical strategy. As economist John Maynard Keynes once observed, "By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens." This insight, penned nearly a century ago, foreshadowed an era where economic tools would become instruments of coercion more potent than artillery. This article synthesizes the nuanced, multi-faceted evolution of...