U.S. B-52s answer China’s provocative flight near Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct The United States Air Force flew two B-52 bombers in the South China Sea and East China Sea last week just 150 miles off the southern coast of (more…)
Australia-bound U.S. ambassador re-routed to South Korea
Geostrategy-Direct Adm. Harry Harris, the soon-to-retire commanding officer of U.S. Pacific Command, was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next ambassador to Australia but his nomination has (more…)
Top U.S. intelligence officer told Comey to brief president on DNC-funded dossier
Geostrategy-Direct Then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper instructed FBI Director James Comey to brief President-elect Donald Trump on some of the most salacious and unconfirmed charges in the “dossier” (more…)
Beijing takes aim at newly-strained Tokyo-Washington alliance
Geostrategy-Direct In a nakedly Machiavellian fashion, China is feverishly conducting a major diplomatic about-face with an eye to hurriedly curry favor with long-standing adversary Japan. In recent weeks, a (more…)
Snowden update: Only foreign media tracking snowballing intelligence damage from leak
Geostrategy-Direct The damage to U.S. intelligence from renegade NSA contractor Edward Snowden continues to pile up, but the American media has largely ignored it, an analyst said. “There has (more…)
Incoming U.S. commander: China poised to take strategic control of South China Sea
Geostrategy-Direct China has installed attack systems on disputed islands despite a promise by President Xi Jinping not to militarize the South China Sea, the nominee to head up U.S. (more…)
30 top French imams denounce terrorism as ‘confiscation of our religion’
Geostrategy-Direct A group of prominent French imams have publicly voiced their outrage “at the confiscation of our religion by criminals.” In a condemnation of anti-Semitism and Islamist terrorism published (more…)
Report: The new North Korea could easily reactivate ‘fully operational’ test site
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea announced on April 21 that it had shut down its nuclear test site, but it could be reactivated when necessary, according to a think tank’s report. (more…)
Israel ‘adjusts’ role in U.S. exercises as tension builds on northern border
Geostrategy-Direct Israel pulled its F-15s from a U.S. exercise in Alaska amid increased tension on the Jewish state’s northern border. U.S. Air Force public affairs officer Kitsana Dounglomchan said (more…)