Geostrategy-Direct There are 21 American military bases within the range of Iran’s missiles and all are considered targets, an Iranian military official said last week. In July, a commander (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In mid-October the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) unveiled a new family of solid-fuel space launch vehicles. As the sole producer at present (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Japan’s Marines Rising tension between Japan and China intensifying has led the Japanese Marines to re-form a fighting force that has not been seen since World War (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 1, Iranian Navy commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that China, Russia and Iran would hold military exercises in the Indian Ocean from (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct North Korean state media reported that Kim Jong-Un expressed “great satisfaction” as he oversaw a “successful test” of a super-large multiple launch rocket system. North Korea fired two (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese internet sources revealed in late November that new versions of the Shenyang-Liming WS-10 Taihang military turbofan engine had been used on production versions of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For the first time in over a decade, and perhaps since 1979, the United States sent a sitting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense to Taiwan (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Zhu Hailun When riots erupted in China’s far west Xinjiang province a decade ago, the regime in Beijing turned to Zhu Hailun, a local official and dedicated (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. companies have been banned by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using federal funds to purchase equipment from Chinese telecom giants Huawei and ZTE. The FCC announced (more…)
