Geostrategy-Direct Propaganda outlet Global Times, considered the editorial voice of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), published an in-depth report last week which cited Chinese experts as saying that the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Amid high tensions with the U.S., and sanctions imposed by the Trump administration that have devastated its economy, Iran is increasingly, and publicly, reaching out to China. Iranian (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Despite reports of the China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) having been relatively absent from the Chinese government’s response to the spreading Wuhan coronavirus, this outbreak (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Xi Jinping As the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) struggles mightily to assuage growing domestic outrage over its handling of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, supreme leader Xi (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct [The following is excerpted from a Feb. 10 analysis by Donald Kirk for The Daily Beast. Kirk is a contributing editor to Geostrategy-Direct.] SEOUL – North Korea’s not (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Three times so far in 2020 the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has conducted offensive aerial blockade exercises against Taiwan: the first on Jan, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States confirmed it has halted a joint drone surveillance program with NATO ally Turkey that had been carried out in secret since 2007. U.S. officials, who (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Thousands of Aghan fighters who were trained by Iran to assist in propping up Syrian dictator Bashar Assad are now returning to Afghanistan, where the United States had (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. forces are continuing to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in eliminating the remaining elements of Islamic State (ISIS) from Syria, U.S. officials say. “Our partners continue (more…)