Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher There have been major manned space station developments in the past week: China has increased the size of its Tiangong space station with a new (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran’s satellite program may not be impressive size-wise – having only two of the many thousands of satellites currently in orbit – but it is an important strategic (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Lebanon-based Hizbullah and other Iranian terror proxies are targeting Israeli energy industry sites, with a particular focus on gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, reports say. Hizbullah leader (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a dramatic move that increased tensions in the once tranquil South Pacific, the island nation of Kiribati quit the South Pacific Forum just before (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed close to the disputed Paracel Islands on July 13 to assert “navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea consistent with (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct “We must be very concerned that China is landing on the moon and saying: ‘It’s ours now and you stay out,’ ” Bill Nelson, NASA administrator, said in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has long sought to become permanently entrenched in Syria, where it poses a threat to the U.S. and Israel. Iran, under new President Ebrahim Raisi, has taken (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Mohammed Bin Salman By Steve Rodan, China in the Middle East Mohammed Bin Salman is young, brash and ruthless. What sets him apart from his Saudi colleagues (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s North Industries Corporation, or NORINCO, may be developing a 203mm mobile artillery system, that with new ramjet-powered shells, may have the potential to reach (more…)