Major reforms eyed for ineffective U.S. media agency
Dossier: U.S. Agency for Global Media Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 The Trump administration has set in motion a major overhaul of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which (more…)
DoD research targets strategic weapons in hardened underground sites
Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 A Pentagon Defense Science Board study contains operational details on how U.S. strategic nuclear forces would blast targets buried in hardened underground sites. The research (more…)
Intel report appears to warn Iran, China about shipment of missile fuel
Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 Two Iranian cargo ships are carrying from China enough missile propellant to fuel 260 mid-range missiles, a report cited Western intelligence sources as saying. “The (more…)
Trump doctrine returns with call to Saudis, designation of Houthis as terrorists
Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 Among the early actions in his new administration, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and re-designated the Iran-backed Houthis (more…)
Scandal: New Chinese frigate exposes U.S. naval leadership
Geostrategy-Direct, January 28, 2025 By Richard Fisher The recent commissioning of the first of a new class of Chinese frigate following a fast construction cycle, exposes the scandal of (more…)
Former intel chiefs lose clearance: Trump issued 46 national security orders
Geostrategy-Direct, January 21, 2025 Among the flurry of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump on the first day of his new term were 46 orders targeting national security (more…)
Trump’s momentous first day implications for Asia
Geostrategy-Direct, January 21, 2025 By Richard Fisher At 12:01 on Jan. 20, Donald J. Trump completed the Oath of Office to become the 47th President of the United States (more…)
Trump, Mars, and the fate of humanity
Geostrategy-Direct, January 21, 2025 By Richard Fisher On Jan. 20, 2024 a reelected President Donald J. Trump began his peaceful “revolution of common sense,” inaugural address featuring national optimism (more…)
Rubio: China’s ‘dual use’ ports gives it control of Panama Canal
Geostrategy-Direct, January 21, 2025 China controls port facilities at both ends of the Panama Canal that could be used by the communists to shut down military shipping in a (more…)