Iran defies West, increases missiles’ range and tests
Geostrategy-Direct Iran tested seven medium-range and five short-range missiles in the past year, more than doubling the number of tests from 2017, according to a German news report. The (more…)
In first, DOJ sanctions bitcoin account; Iran hackers attacked U.S. cities
Geostrategy-Direct In indicting two Iranian hackers who allegedly created the SamSam ransomware, the United States for the first time placed bitcoin addresses on its sanctions list. The bitcoin addresses (more…)
Republicans hacked after hiring same firm that blocked FBI following 2016 DNC attack
Geostrategy-Direct The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was hacked during the 2018 midterm elections after hiring the same cyber firm that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) used to investigate (more…)
Retired generals in Seoul sound alarm: ‘Disastrous collapse’ of national security
Geostrategy-Direct On Nov. 21, a group representing more than 400 retired South Korean generals gathered at the Korean War Memorial Museum at Yongsan, Seoul to voice alarm at damage done (more…)
Iran uses resurrected airline to ship weapons direct to Hizbullah
Geostrategy-Direct Iran is reportedly loading Boeing 747s with weapons and other equipment to convert Hizbullah’s rocket arsenal to precision missiles and delivering them directly from Teheran to its terror (more…)
Iran defies U.S. demand that it halt missile proliferation, tests
Geostrategy-Direct One day after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iran conducted a missile test in violation of UN sanctions, the Islamic Republic vowed to continue its missile (more…)
U.S. Navy checks China, establishes new norm for Taiwan Strait
Geostrategy-Direct There is no more volatile and sensitive an issue for Beijing than the U.S. military presence in the Taiwan Strait which China considers its own dominance area. Yet (more…)
New Taiwan poll shows pro-China feeling drop to record low after historic election
Geostrategy-Direct Despite a landslide electoral defeat last week of the independence-leaning incumbent Democratic Progressive Party [DPP] by the pro-unification KMT, China is ever more unpopular among Taiwanese voters. A (more…)
U.S. close to enacting unprecedented Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act
Geostrategy-Direct Washington moved one step closer on Nov. 28 to passing landmark legislation that will certainly enrage Beijing and open up a new diplomatic paradigm toward China. The Senate (more…)