Palestinians paid price for Iran-backed rocket strikes on Israel
Geostrategy-Direct In a span of 66 hours, Iran-backed Islamic Jihad fired 1,100 rockets from the Gaza Strip at Israel, the Israeli Army said on Aug. 8. While only a (more…)
Cash-hungry North Korea to send workers in Russia to eastern Ukraine
Geostrategy-Direct Spotting an opportunity to gain some much-needed foreign currency, North Korea will dispatch workers into a war zone — the Russian-occupied Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — to (more…)
Iran demands U.S. concessions, end of IAEA investigations to revive nuclear deal
Geostrategy-Direct Iran will not agree to sign on to the “final” text which would revive the 2015 nuclear deal unless it gets concessions from the United States and the (more…)
Pelosi shows up, telegraphs U.S. resolve after intense China threats, weak White House
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Though her visit is not yet complete, and China could still undertake direct military action, on Aug. 2, at about 10:40 pm local time, by (more…)
U.S. report on China’s ‘breathtaking’ buildup: From ‘robust nuclear deterrence’ to ‘coercion’
Geostrategy-Direct China’s nuclear expansion under supreme leader Xi Jinping has been “breathtaking” and unprecedented in scale, according to a report out of U.S. Strategic Command. Most recently, China constructed (more…)
China announces ‘live fire drills,’ blockade exercises as Pelosi visits Taipei
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Dossier: PLA’s 2022 Pelosi Response On Aug. 2 China’s belligerent mouthpiece Global Times indicated how China may respond to the “provocation” of the visit to (more…)
Russia’s post-ISS ROSS channels Soviet era military space stations
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As Russia’s expensive war to conquer Ukraine rolls into its sixth month culminating in the strategic decision to withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) (more…)
Pressure from China seen scuttling Vietnam port call by U.S. carrier
Geostrategy-Direct The United States called off a planned port call of one of its aircraft carriers to Vietnam late last month and China analysts believe it was the result (more…)
Report: Mossad interrogated IRGC officials inside Iran about arms transfers
Geostrategy-Direct A senior official in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) admitted his role in transferring weapons from Iran to Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen under interrogation by Israel’s (more…)