Geostrategy-Direct While its self-styled Caliphate is on the verge of falling, Islamic State (ISIS) is likely to remain a formidable insurgency group with as many as 13,000 jihadists remaining (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The construction of a large new building at North Korea’s embassy compound in Beijing has raised suspicions that it could be used for commercial purposes by cash-strapped Pyongyang, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The tense border conflict between Chinese and Indian soldiers in the Bhutanese territory bordering China, India and Bhutan continues into its fifth week as both sides are sending (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Several groups of combat aircraft belonging to the air force of China’s People’s Liberation Army on July 13 conducted a series of highly provocative flights around Taiwan and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct After North Korea tested its first Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on July 4, the United States moved swiftly to tighten the noose on the Pyongyang regime with new (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Syria, with the cooperation of North Korea and Russia, is constructing a secret facility to manufacture long-range missiles in a rural area outside the port city of Tartus, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct An Iranian general warned the United States against imposing new sanctions on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), saying U.S. military bases and forces in the region would (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States is researching smaller, more powerful lasers that could be fired from satellites or high-altitude drones as an effective counter to North Korea’s increasing missile threat. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China is crafting a cyberwarfare strategy against the United States that combines electronic warfare with information and political influence operations, a U.S. Navy information warfare specialist said. “It (more…)