Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a dramatic move that increased tensions in the once tranquil South Pacific, the island nation of Kiribati quit the South Pacific Forum just before (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed close to the disputed Paracel Islands on July 13 to assert “navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea consistent with (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct “We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: ‘It’s ours now and you stay out,’ ” Bill Nelson, NASA administrator, said in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has long sought to become permanently entrenched in Syria, where it poses a threat to the U.S. and Israel. Iran, under new President Ebrahim Raisi, has taken (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Mohammed Bin Salman By Steve Rodan, China in the Middle East Mohammed Bin Salman is young, brash and ruthless. What sets him apart from his Saudi colleagues (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s North Industries Corporation, or NORINCO, may be developing a 203mm mobile artillery system, that with new ramjet-powered shells, may have the potential to reach (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Following longstanding interest in the United States and Europe, China is now developing 3D printing technology to build habitats on the moon, which is viewed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Iranian regime, via state media, has advertised to the world that its military arsenal now includes a “flotilla” of maritime vessels, including a submarine, that are capable (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The personal bodyguard force tasked with the protection of North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un was subjected to emergency ideological training following news of the assassination of former Japanese (more…)
