Geostrategy-Direct The policy of “maximum pressure” instituted by U.S. President Donald Trump has forced the hand of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, an analyst said. Trump’s policy has (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher By 2026, the Japan Ground Self Defense Force plans to develop and deploy indigenous Hyper Velocity Guided Projectiles (HVGP), or hypersonic missiles, to defend its (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For decades China has rebuffed and rejected American and other Western appeals that it begin even the simplest of dialogues intended to simply increase transparency (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A large number of states in the U.S. have contracts with two Chinese firms — Lenovo and Lexmark — which are required to report data and information they (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A recent propaganda photo shows a group of military personnel with black surgical masks surrounding North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. The dictator is seen wearing a leather overcoat (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China has become a major threat to international order via its relentless pursuit of regional hegemony and global influence, U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said. “What is most (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United Nations would be making a “terrible mistake” if it hands control of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to China, U.S. officials say. The WIPO oversees, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United Nations nuclear watchdog on March 3 in unusually blunt terms admonished Iran for its growing nuclear stockpile and for failing to provide access to two undeclared (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iran about interfering in the historic peace accord signed between the United States and Afghanistan. “There is a history of Iran (more…)