Taiwan’s new large unmanned submarine answers China’s blockade threat
Geostrategy-Direct, June 4, 2024 By Richard Fisher Covered by a large tarp and with little fanfare, on May 28 Taiwan revealed that it had completed the first of a (more…)
Security authorities in Sweden, Belgium flag Iran-backed terror threat via crime networks
Geostrategy-Direct, June 4, 2024 Iran is using established criminal networks in Sweden as a proxy to target Israeli or Jewish interests in the Scandinavian country, according to Sweden’s domestic (more…)
In Moscow, strategic U.S. ally Bahrain opens door to normalized ties with Iran
Geostrategy-Direct, June 4, 2024 In 2020, the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump brokered the Abraham Accords, in which Bahrain and the UAE normalized diplomatic ties with Israel. In (more…)
North Korea exporting more workers to China, Russia for much-needed foreign cash
Geostrategy-Direct, June 4, 2024 The U.N. Security Council’s Panel of Experts in March reported that North Koreans working overseas in 2023 earned about US$500 million in 40 countries. The (more…)
Biden resistance? House Republicans push for delayed DNI report on Xi corruption
Geostrategy-Direct, May 28, 2024 Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines has been given an additional 90 days to produce a report on the wealth and corrupt activities of (more…)
Japan White Paper to cite qualitative improvements in North Korean nukes
Geostrategy-Direct, May 28, 2024 North Korea has achieved qualitative improvements in its nuclear and missile capabilities through a series of recent tests, according to an early draft of Japan’s (more…)
Netanyahu has ‘gone off the rails,’ says former IDF general; What happened?
Geostrategy-Direct, May 28, 2024 On Oct. 7, some 1,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel. It all happened on the watch of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a one-time warrior who had (more…)
China ratchets up the pressure on Taiwan, U.S. with ongoing ‘Joint Sword’ campaign
Geostrategy-Direct, May 28, 2024 By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) long ago gave up trying with peaceful means and strength of argument to convince the people of (more…)
Team Biden presses allies to appease Iran as it nears nuclear power status
Geostrategy-Direct, May 28, 2024 With Iran on the threshold of being capable of producing nuclear weapons, the Biden administration is reportedly pressuring its European allies to back off efforts (more…)