Analysts note China’s silence on strengthened Moscow-Pyongyang ties
Geostrategy-Direct, July 9, 2024 China has long been North Korea’s only ally. That all changed when Russia invaded Ukraine. As the war dragged on, Russia was in need of (more…)
Satellite imagery said to confirm Iran’s expanded missile production capacity
Geostrategy-Direct, July 9, 2024 Iran has expanded two of its key ballistic missile production facilities, two American researchers said after assessing recent satellite imagery. Images taken by Planet Labs, (more…)
China’s Moon coalition gains members with anti-Taiwan implications
Geostrategy-Direct, July 9, 2024 By Richard Fisher The China-led International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) coalition to establish permanent Moon bases in the 2030s has gained new members in recent (more…)
DNI silent after James Fanell details 40-year U.S. intelligence failure on China
Geostrategy-Direct, July 2, 2024 For the better part of four decades, U.S. intelligence agencies failed to address the emerging threat from communist China and, now, the U.S. is “not (more…)
Israel’s ties with communist China survives Hamas war, with a little help from Taiwan
Dossier: China-Israel Relations Geostrategy-Direct, July 2, 2024 During international forums, the communist regime in Beijing has expressed support for the Iran-sponsored war against Israel, backed the demands of Palestinians, (more…)
Terror analyst: Israel got played by Iran in long-term chess
Geostrategy-Direct, July 2, 2024 Addressing the 21st Herzliya Conference at Reichman University on June 23, Boaz Ganor, the university’s president and a terrorism analyst, stressed that Hizbullah and Iran (more…)
North Korea’s test of MIRV missile threatens global strategic balance
Geostrategy-Direct, July 2, 2024 By Richard Fisher On June 27 North Korea claimed that it has tested a missile with a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) bus with (more…)
China purges more security officials, but DNI report seen spotlighting Xi’s corruption
Geostrategy-Direct, July 2, 2024 Who is Xi Jinping calling corrupt? Two former Chinese defense ministers were dismissed from their posts over what state propaganda outlets reported was financial corruption. (more…)
China shows with SLV test, that it can fail forward too
Geostrategy-Direct, July 2, 2024 By Richard Fisher In China, space related crashes or falling debris from space launch vehicles (SLV) are not cause for celebration. They are usually cause (more…)