Geostrategy-Direct The following excerpts are from an analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s very deliberate political and security affront and challenge to the U.S. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A U.S. congressman has asked the FBI to explain how Chinese intelligence operatives attempted to recruit a longtime staff member of Sen. Dianne Feinstein. As former chair of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States and Japan sent their biggest warships to the South China Sea and conducted the largest joint naval exercise there in or near the waters claimed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Israel has warned it would attack any military assets that Iran has moved to Iraq. Following reports that Iran has moved dozens of short-range ballistic missiles to Shia (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced Aug. 31 that the government of Japan would seek a 2.1 percent increase in its 2019 defense budget, the highest ever since (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China is sinking $60 billion into “vanity” projects in Africa while, at home, millions of people languish in poverty, critics of supreme leader Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Countries struggling under the weight of international sanctions, North Korea chief among them, are reportedly exploring cryptocurrencies as a means of relief. The digital tokens “are the ideal (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A Chinese military aircraft entered the South Korea Air Defense Identification Zone [KADIZ] without prior notice and announcement on Aug. 29 and loitered around for 4 hours, according (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Two Iranians suspected of seeking out American bombing and assassination targets have been indicted for spying on Jewish groups and Iranian opposition groups based in the U.S. The (more…)