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Five months into Iran conflict, China still supplying regime with anti-U.S. arms

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   INSIDE CHINA, TOP STORY  

Five months into Iran conflict, China still supplying regime with anti-U.S. arms

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 Communist China has continued to ship critical military hardware and components to Iran five months into its conflict with the United States. The ongoing support (more…)

Taiwan-U.S. collaboration on AI-piloted drones seen trumping China supply lines

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   Featured, TECHNOLOGY WARS  

Taiwan-U.S. collaboration on AI-piloted drones seen trumping China supply lines

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 By combining Taiwan’s advanced hardware manufacturing with U.S. artificial intelligence software, Taipei and Washington are collaborating on AI-piloted drones to counter China’s dominance in the (more…)

‘Mecca’ joint defense agreement provides opening to China

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   EAST ASIA REPORT  

‘Mecca’ joint defense agreement provides opening to China

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed their trilateral Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, or what they call the “Mecca Agreement,” (more…)

Changing Mideast balance of power: From ‘Abrahamic’ alliance to a ‘Muslim NATO’

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   FOCUS ON TERRORISM  

Changing Mideast balance of power: From ‘Abrahamic’ alliance to a ‘Muslim NATO’

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 When the top leaders of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement on Aug. 7, 2026, it marked a major shift (more…)

Chokedpoint: Paralysis hurts Gulf states; Trump demands compensation from IRGC

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   INSIDE IRAN  

Chokedpoint: Paralysis hurts Gulf states; Trump demands compensation from IRGC

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 Gulf states which rely on shipping in the Strain of Hormuz to import food and other household necessities are having to find alternative, long-term overland (more…)

New U.S. ‘realism’ on China: Consolidate defense of First Island Chain, avoid rhetoric

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   DOSSIER  

New U.S. ‘realism’ on China: Consolidate defense of First Island Chain, avoid rhetoric

Dossier: U.S. China Policy, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defense for policy, used a speech in the Philippines to articulate a new policy that U.S. (more…)

State Department: China’s grab of disputed ‘Scarborough Reef’ is threat to U.S. security

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   BACKGROUNDER  

State Department: China’s grab of disputed ‘Scarborough Reef’ is threat to U.S. security

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 With an uncharacteristically forceful statement, the U.S. State Department backed the Philippines following China’s recent announcement regarding Scarborough Reef located within Manila’s exclusive economic zone. (more…)

Rocket Lab hails its movable ‘GHOST’ space launch base, expanding defense portfolio

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   SPACE  

Rocket Lab hails its movable ‘GHOST’ space launch base, expanding defense portfolio

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 By Richard Fisher For 20 years the New Zealand origin, now Long Beach, California-based Rocket Lab corporation has developed innovative small space launch vehicles, growing (more…)

Pyongyang condemns Japan’s white paper citing ‘imminent’ North Korea threat

By Geostrategy Editor on August 11, 2026   INSIDE NORTH KOREA  

Pyongyang condemns Japan’s white paper citing ‘imminent’ North Korea threat

Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 North Korea on Nov. 11, 2026 denounced Japan’s new defense white paper, charging it was meant to justify the country’s military buildup as a legal (more…)

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