Geostrategy-Direct To beef up Japan’s maritime combat capability, the Japanese government has just established its first Marine unit since 1945. On April 7, 1,500 Japanese soldiers were officially sworn (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct With U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise acceptance to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un in late May, the dynamism in Northeast Asia has changed dramatically, with Kim’s meeting (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Israel gave the United States advance notice of its April 9 attack on an airbase in Syria but kept Russia in the dark, reports say. Two U.S. officials (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The following is adapted from a speech delivered by Asia Times columnist David P. Goldman on Feb. 21, 2018, in Bonita Springs, Florida, at a Hillsdale College National (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Among the hundreds of North Korean delegation members at the PyeongChang Olympics Game were large numbers of agents whose job was to prevent defection and collect ROK intelligence, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct At least 7 North Korean defectors were hunted down and arrested by Chinese security forces on March 25, the day before North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un’s surprise visit (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct MBS has talked up Saudi Arabia all over the United States to some of the most consequential Americans including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Turkey late last month seized the Syrian town of Afrin in a military operation that was launched in January. Now Ankara is setting its sights on additional Kurdish-controlled (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. government for the first time has publicly named one of the top commanders in China’s cyberwarfare operations. The role of Maj. Gen. Liu Xiaobei, until recently (more…)
