Geostrategy-Direct Al Qaida’s affiliate in Somalia is earning millions in profits through the illegal export of charcoal via Iranian ports, a report to the United Nations Security Council said. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has sentenced a dual national to eight and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of infiltrating governmental bodies. The Iranian ISNA news agency identified the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China has renamed its “One Belt, One Road Initiative” to “Belt and Road Initiative” in an effort to make it sound less threatening to the United States, a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Under enormous Chinese government pressure and threat, the Malaysian government has decided to free 11 Uyghur refugees to Turkey instead of sending them back to China to face (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A key member of the vast Chinese surveillance and internal security establishment, who is also the president of the Lyon, France-based Interpol has gone missing inside China, most (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Russia is targeting Western values and governments via aggressive cyberattacks and the use of an army of social media trolls, NATO’s military commander warned. “They’re operating in domains, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A band of thieves supported by the North Korean state has been able to steal tens of millions of dollars from banks in Africa and Asia since 2016, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Russia’s move to deliver the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria signals that President Vladimir Putin is increasingly acting as Iran’s ally in its war against Israel and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran responded to a Sept. 22 attack on a military parade which killed 40 Iranian soldiers by launching a missile and armed drone attack on an Islamic State (more…)
