China advances two Moon-control architectures
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China is advancing two architectures it could employ to increase its control of the Moon. ILRSCO First, China is announcing early members of its International (more…)
Seoul adopts new hardline policies on North’s drone incursions, human rights
Geostrategy-Direct South Korea under President Yoon Suk-Yeol has moved to bolster its air defenses after five North Korean drones intruded across the inter-Korean border in December of last year. (more…)
Israel’s Gallant meets Austin ahead of rumored secret Iran deal
Geostrategy-Direct Amid increasing speculation that the Biden administration is negotiating a secret nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on June 15 met with U.S. Secretary of (more…)
Behind the mega-withdrawals from U.S. banks
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: U.S. banking system Wealthy Americans are demonstrating their faith in the banking system. They are withdrawing billions of dollars from U.S. banks. In the first quarter of (more…)
Hegemony watch: China’s on-again spy facility in Cuba, established in 2001
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a classic public-relations bungle, a June 9 leak by “U.S. officials” to the Wall Street Journal said that “China and Cuba have reached a (more…)
Hudson report: Advances by China, Russia eliminated U.S. subs’ stealth advantage
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Navy’s fleet of nuclear attack submarines has lost their strategic advantage of stealth as China and Russia have advanced their undersea warfare and defense capabilities, according (more…)
Frustrated by swings in U.S. policy, Mideast states drawn to China’s version of NATO
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Established 53 years after NATO, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is already putting together a group of countries, with a recent focus on (more…)
Why did future CIA chief William Burns meet Jeffrey Epstein?
Geostrategy-Direct The fact that current CIA Director William Burns met with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2014, allegedly for career advice, is a “strange story, to put it (more…)
Out of control? Intel reports say Kim has ballooned; Sister speaks, daughter waits
Geostrategy-Direct With Kim Jong-Un reportedly spiraling into dependency on booze, sleeping pills, and imported cheeses, his tough-talking sister, Kim Yo-Jong, is poised to take up the mantle of the (more…)