Geostrategy-Direct A Cold War undersea rivalry was revived earlier this year after a Russian submarine, which was being tracked by the U.S., diverted from what was a routine mission (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct An agreement to keep Iranian forces in Syria indefinitely was reached last month during a meeting between Iran’s top military officer and Syrian President Bashar Assad, an Iranian (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Kim Jong-Un, who unlike his father and predecessor Kim Jong-Il does not trust his own generals, has appointed a new state security chief in what analysts say is (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct For the first time in a decade, the Australian government has issued a comprehensive Foreign Policy White Paper detailing the Pacific nation’s current and future foreign policies. Countering (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct After a months-long tense standoff with China’s People’s Liberation Army, India’s defense forces are rushing to construct a network of strategic communication lines along its long border. The (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran will demonstrate its ability to project power well beyond the Middle East by sending a fleet of warships to South America and the Gulf of Mexico, Teheran’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Defeated on the battlefields and driven from most territory it controlled in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State (ISIS) will become a “shadow caliphate” with its leaders directing international (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The case against a Turkish-Iranian gold trader who allegedly engineered a massive bribery scheme to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran could also implicate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A key campaign pledge of President Donald Trump is to demand more payments from allies around the world for the costs of stationing U.S. troops in various allied (more…)
