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Trump’s order ends 40-year debate over missile defense, space weapons

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   SPACE, TOP STORY  

Trump’s order ends 40-year debate over missile defense, space weapons

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 By Richard Fisher On the way toward fulfilling a campaign promise and beginning a shift of the global strategic balance of power back toward the (more…)

Report warns China hardening, fortifying airfields in Asia, unlike U.S.

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   Featured, INSIDE CHINA  

Report warns China hardening, fortifying airfields in Asia, unlike U.S.

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 Communist China has made a major investment in expanding, fortifying, and defending its military airfields across Asia. Meanwhile, the United States has not made nearly (more…)

New CIA chief Ratcliffe: Agency stayed on ‘sidelines’ as China, Covid threatened world

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   BACKGROUNDER  

New CIA chief Ratcliffe: Agency stayed on ‘sidelines’ as China, Covid threatened world

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 New CIA Director John Ratcliffe bluntly criticized the intelligence agency’s penchant the last four years for staying on the “sidelines” during major crises such as (more…)

Trump-Kim ties, Part II: North Korea became a nuclear power during Biden era

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   INSIDE NORTH KOREA  

Trump-Kim ties, Part II: North Korea became a nuclear power during Biden era

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Jan. 23 that he intends to again reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, referring to the reclusive (more…)

Major reforms eyed for ineffective U.S. media agency

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   DOSSIER  

Major reforms eyed for ineffective U.S. media agency

Dossier: U.S. Agency for Global Media Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 The Trump administration has set in motion a major overhaul of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which (more…)

DoD research targets strategic weapons in hardened underground sites

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   TECHNOLOGY WARS  

DoD research targets strategic weapons in hardened underground sites

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 A Pentagon Defense Science Board study contains operational details on how U.S. strategic nuclear forces would blast targets buried in hardened underground sites. The research (more…)

Intel report appears to warn Iran, China about shipment of missile fuel

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   INSIDE IRAN  

Intel report appears to warn Iran, China about shipment of missile fuel

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 Two Iranian cargo ships are carrying from China enough missile propellant to fuel 260 mid-range missiles, a report cited Western intelligence sources as saying. “The (more…)

Trump doctrine returns with call to Saudis, designation of Houthis as terrorists

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   FOCUS ON TERRORISM  

Trump doctrine returns with call to Saudis, designation of Houthis as terrorists

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 Among the early actions in his new administration, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and re-designated the Iran-backed Houthis (more…)

Scandal: New Chinese frigate exposes U.S. naval leadership

By Geostrategy Editor on January 28, 2025   EAST ASIA REPORT  

Scandal: New Chinese frigate exposes U.S. naval leadership

Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 By Richard Fisher The recent commissioning of the first of a new class of Chinese frigate following a fast construction cycle, exposes the scandal of (more…)

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