Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Japanese intelligence Japan, one of three new non-member partners of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance, has essentially become the “sixth eye” for the alliance, a U.S. government (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a series of state media messages, Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin called for China to rapidly acquire 1,000 nuclear warheads and 100 ten-warhead capable (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Kim Jong-Un’s long-awaited and much-publicized return to the public eye on May 1 was reportedly cobbled together on very short notice. The North Korean leader’s attendance at the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Militias backed by Iran which are fighting in Syria were forced to flee their bases of operation after being hit hard by a series of airstrikes attributed to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran will briefly open all mosques for select days during the holy month of Ramadan, Iranian state media reported. Iran, which has suffered the Middle East’s deadliest coronavirus (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On May 5, China successfully launched its first Long March 5B (LM-5B) heavy space launch vehicle, testing the platform that will launch China’s first mission (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The top technology issue after 5G is the world’s network of undersea cables, a U.S. government official told a Japanese researcher during a meeting in Washington, D.C. in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As the international death toll passes 200,000, China is furiously seeking to shift the blame for the global coronavirus pandemic that started in Wuhan, China, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct For a North Korean populace that is sealed off from the outside world, the health and whereabouts of dictator Kim Jong-Un is reportedly of little concern. Whatever rumors (more…)