Hong Kong backdown a crisis for CCP and Xi Jinping
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Barely a week after the historic June 9 one million strong protests, on June 15, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam decided to “suspend” but (more…)
Reports: Mossad tracked Hizbullah establishing weapons caches worldwide
Geostrategy-Direct Hizbullah established explosives warehouses in areas throughout the world in what authorities said was “long-term planning for immense, game-changing terror attacks.” Israel’s Mossad reported that it discovered the (more…)
Bolton: Iran forces plan new, ‘deniable’ attacks; U.S. media purvey disinformation
Geostrategy-Direct Intelligence reports over the past month indicate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and Iranian intelligence are planning covert attacks on targets in the Middle East (more…)
China appears to answer harsh Shanahan speech with SLBM test
Geostrategy-Direct China on June 2 conducted a flight test of its newest strategic submarine-launched missile, the JL-3, U.S. defense officials confirmed. The flight test coincided with the visit to (more…)
Trump wondered why Moon seems ‘passive’ on trilateral alliance vs. N. Korea, China
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Donald Trump is said to have voiced concern over liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-In’s seeming indifference to trilateral cooperation between the U.S., Japan and South (more…)
Amid Hong Kong crisis, China revealed its first carrier battle group
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As the world was watching for any possible Chinese crackdown on the million-strong June 9 protests in Hong Kong, on June 11 the People’s Liberation (more…)
Iran vows ‘Islamic superpower’: Showdown with U.S. benefits Russia, China
Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs On June 7, Brig.-Gen. Morteza Ghorbani, an adviser to the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), (more…)
IRGC’s fast boat navy, new commander carried out oil tanker attacks
Geostrategy-Direct The fast-boat navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted the recent attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman, according to U.S. officials. President Donald Trump (more…)