Geostrategy-Direct A Chinese-American staff member of a United States senator who had access to America’s most sensitive intelligence secrets was recruited by Chinese intelligence, according to the FBI. The (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration took two significant steps on Aug. 7 that dramatically increased the tensions in the already tense relationship between Washington and Beijing. First, under orders from (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Supreme leader Xi Jinping was reportedly looking haggard as President Donald Trump increased U.S. leverage on the trade front during the season that normally finds China’s ruling Communist (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The South Korean customs authorities released a report on Aug. 10 charging several South Korean companies with conducting illegal coal trade with North Korea. The government report said (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran is concealing its role as the dominant actor in the Syrian conflict while moving closer to the Israeli border, a pair of Middle East analysts said in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Taliban and Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate are threatening to derail the Trump administration’s goal of ending the 17-year-old war in Afghanistan. Reports on Aug. 13 said that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Has a possible visit to North Korea by Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping or plans for a military parade led to the suspension of China tourism to the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct All U.S. defense personnel in “operational areas” have been banned from using devices which track the user’s geolocation. The ban, enacted earlier this month by the Pentagon, includes (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The smallest nation in Asia has succumbed to pressure from the largest nation in Asia by kicking out its closest neighbor’s military personnel unceremoniously. Last week, the Maldives (more…)