Iran’s oil sales surge with China as top buyer
Geostrategy-Direct, February 6, 2024 No longer completely weighed down by sanctions on its energy sector, Iran has ramped up oil production with the encouragement of China, whose thirst for (more…)
Seoul scrambles to establish Strategic Command; Poll shows support for nukes
Geostrategy-Direct, February 6, 2024 In response to the rapidly-expanding nuclear and missile threats posed by North Korea, South Korea has fast-tracked plans to establish a Strategic Command within the (more…)
Starting in Dearborn, open support for Iran-backed jihad spreading in U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct, February 6, 2024 “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” and “America is a terrorist state,” have been familiar shouts heard during rallies in support (more…)
Warnings of war II: Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct, February 6, 2024 By Richard Fisher The United States must be prepared for the possibility that China could start a war over Taiwan well before 2027 — the (more…)
Interpreting Russia’s statement on military cooperation with China in space
Geostrategy-Direct, February 6, 2024 By Richard Fisher As China and Russia have increased their open conventional military cooperation, and have explored covert nuclear military cooperation, it is likely that (more…)
Energy deal: Hydrocarbons for China, solar-wind power for Syria
Geostrategy-Direct, February 6, 2024 Dossier: China-Syria Energy Ties China hasn’t given up on Syria. The communist regime in Beijing saw its opening in Syria’s energy sector, which has been (more…)
Report: PLA is weaponizing biotechnology research for ‘standard order of battle’
Geostrategy-Direct, January 30, 2024 The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using ostensibly civilian research facilities such as the Wuhan Institute of Virology, considered the main source of the Covid (more…)
Team Biden in Bangkok enabled China’s ‘Borrowed Knife’ stratagem against Israel, U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct, January 30, 2024 By Richard Fisher On Jan. 26 to 27 Biden Administration National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Asia Policy Coordinator (and Deputy Secretary of State nominee) (more…)
Iran’s China-enabled space threat: From SLVs to ICBMs that could reach U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct, January 30, 2024 By Richard Fisher On Jan. 28, two days after the United States beseeched China to help stop Iranian-fueled warfare against Israel and Western shipping in (more…)