Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s military media has touted what may be the world’s first ship-launched hypersonic-speed anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM). For the first time in an April 25 (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The indictment and conviction of a State Department office manager who spied for China for nearly 10 years highlights the FBI’s failure to counter Chinese intelligence operations targeting (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In what is reportedly the first video footage of him in five years, a graying Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen urging his followers to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Attendance by 40 world leaders and agreements worth $64 billion in projects highlighted the second April 25-27, 2019 summit of the Belt and Road Initiative (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Mueller report focused on the St. Petersburg, Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) as a major player in Moscow’s election meddling operation targeting the United States. The IRA’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zerif will soon visit North Korea, Iranian state media reported. “The date of this trip will be set and announced soon,” Iran’s official (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The thought of a massively destructive cruise missile traveling at Mach 5+ is quite unnerving, but many may think it is something that won’t happen in the near (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Iran is leading the new bloc, with Turkey and Qatar, intent on remaking the greater Middle East. The Iranian (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Taking advantage of their gathering for the 70th Anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), from April 29 to May 4, 2019, the Chinese (more…)