Geostrategy-Direct An influential Chinese blogger published an article online that made a major geostrategic splash and severely rattled both Moscow and Beijing. On June 11, a well-known Chinese blogger (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The state-run Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) is buying up minority stakes in major U.S. aircraft companies in an attempt to gain access to advanced American technology, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Two U.S. Navy’s capital ships sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait on July 7 sending an unmistakable warning to China. Significantly, the U.S. action also directly challenged the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The top White House trade official said President Donald Trump’s threats of expanded tariffs on China “are designed to defend the crown jewels of American technology from China’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran, with its allied pro-Assad forces now controlling two thirds of the Syrian province bordering the Golan Heights, is openly identifying what it considers the target of the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In June 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Bahrain severed all diplomatic ties with Qatar, over what was described as Qatar’s backing of Iran, various terror organizations (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on July 7 denied that the Trump administration had any plan or practice to reduce the maximum pressure on North Korea (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct While the Singapore summit may have significantly reduced U.S.-North Korea tensions, the U.S. continues to maintain a high state of readiness with the North’s long-range missiles in mind. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The newly-minted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is taking the U.S. State Department’s usually dovish and excessively conciliatory stance on China in a different direction, only weeks after (more…)
