Syria reports Israeli air strikes closed Aleppo airport
Geostrategy-Direct Israel’s Air Force reportedly carried out an airstrike at the airport in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo in the early hours of March 7, according to Syrian (more…)
Support grows in South Korea for nuclear deterrence as North tests cruise missiles
Geostrategy-Direct As North Korea hones its capability to strike South Korea with tactical nuclear weapons, the mayor of Seoul is leading a growing consensus in the South for the (more…)
China’s coerced Saudi-Iran diplo-deal neither engenders peace nor benefits U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While it is by no means a “peace deal,” China is going seek maximum leverage out of a deal announced on March 10 that it (more…)
IRGC navy claims anti-ship and ‘laser-guided’ missiles
Geostrategy-Direct The navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is mostly known for its regular harassment of foreign navies in the region. But the IRGC navy also plays (more…)
Space Force chief: China has deployed 347 combat satellites, plans dominance by 2045
Geostrategy-Direct China’s military has rapidly expanded the number of satellites which could allow communist forces to track and target U.S. forces in a future conflict, according to the commander (more…)
Preemptive strike? Israel presses its Iran solution with U.S. as Biden security policy implodes
Geostrategy-Direct In meetings with top U.S. defense officials over the past two weeks, Israel has attempted to create a united front against the rising threat from Iran and its (more…)
CIA’s Burns, who helped engineer nuclear deal, says Iran weeks away from ‘line’
Geostrategy-Direct Iran could be days away from having the fuel for a nuclear weapons, U.S. security officials say. What went wrong? Under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as (more…)
New House Select Committee on CCP reviews secret speeches by Xi Jinping
Geostrategy-Direct An official text on “Xi Jinping thought,” the latest iteration of Marxism-Leninism in China, states unequivocally that a new world order is under construction by the Chinese Communist (more…)
Ambitious UAE straddles political divides in space
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher With perhaps 80 to 100 years-worth of oil in its reserves (notwithstanding new discoveries), pumped at current rates of 3.2 million barrels a day, a (more…)