Geostrategy-Direct Eight Iranians, all alleged members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), were arrested in Turkey for plotting to kidnap Israeli tourists visiting Istanbul, Turkish authorities reported. The (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On July 12 a series of slides appeared on Chinese web page from a briefing by Long Lehao, former Deputy Chief Designer for the Chinese (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a rare release of cumulative figures, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has disclosed that China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sent 555 aircraft on coercive (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct For Western citizens, particularly those with dual nationality status, travel to Iran has been a dangerous undertaking. For many decades, the Iranian regime has used the pretext of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the Hawaii-based Indo-Pacific Command, has detailed the weapons he said the U.S. needs to prepare for a future conflict with China. If war (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In May 2020 BusinessInsider wrote: “President Donald Trump is presiding over the deterioration of the U.S.’s position on the world stage as European countries increasingly (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: China’s Xi Jinping Oh, bother. Xi Jinping has been General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of its Central Military Commission since 2012. He has (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Five Chinese companies linked to armed sales to Russia were among 23 Chinese firms sanctioned by the U.S. Commerce Department last week. In addition to the five Chinese (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China does not abide threats to its dominance in the production of rare earth minerals which are indispensable to many cutting-edge technological products. So, when the Trump administration (more…)