Geostrategy-Direct Chinese propaganda outlets in recent days have published reports seen as evidence China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) is preparing the mainland population for a major military crackdown on (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Aug. 15, the Trump administration informally told the U.S. Congress that it had approved the $8 billion sale of Lockheed-Martin F-16V fighters to Taiwan, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran will seek to keep the nuclear deal it signed with world powers on life support while waiting out the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in Afghanistan has claimed responsibility for an Aug. 17 bombing at a wedding party in Kabul, saying in a statement that Shi’ites had (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Radioactive waste from North Korean uranium factories could be flowing into the Ryesong River and the West Sea, analysts have warned. U.S. civilian analyst Jacob Bogle analyzed satellite (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese web pages have revealed tantalizing indications of China’s pursuit of stealth combat aircraft. On Aug. 7 images were posted of a strip of pins (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China spent the week following the Aug. 2 U.S. departure from the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, criticizing Washington’s decision. A senior official pushed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States is developing an artificial intelligence system that will allow analysts to simulate courses of action to assist war fighters in rapidly gauging the effects of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs All attention is focused on the twists-and-turns of the very noisy U.S.-Iran dispute in the Persian Gulf, but all (more…)