Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration on June 29 notified Congress that it had approved a major arms sales package for Taiwan to beef up the island democracy’s self defense against (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct While U.S. President Barack Obama was focused on a foreign policy legacy in the form of the Iran nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic had its eye on a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct President Vladimir Putin’s government believed the Obama administration was the critical driver behind the uprising that led to the downfall of the Russia-friendly leadership in Ukraine and Moscow (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Islamic State (ISIS) is exploiting human trafficking networks to move jihadists from the battlefields of the Middle East to Europe and Asia with designs on doing the same (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Turkey now sits literally in the center of the Middle East’s “cauldron of terrorism,” which the Sunni Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “stirs vigorously and incompetently,” (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In a July 2 phone call, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump that “negative factors” have sparked increased tensions between the two nations. Xi’s comments (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In a clear sign that President Donald Trump is giving up relying on China to help Washington solve the North Korean problem, the administration announced on June 29 (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct On June 28, the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee passed a landmark move to establish “regular ports of call by the U.S. Navy at Kaoshiung or any other (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea on July 4 boasted it had successfully carried out the “landmark” test of a Hwasong-14 missile that analysts said qualifies as an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). (more…)
