Note to Subscribers: End of summer break
Geostrategy-Direct, September 1, 2026 Dear Loyal Subscribers, Our editors take annual spring-or-summer and winter breaks. So we will take a breather with this issue. However the Daily Briefs will (more…)
Putin’s ambush of Japan’s northern islands: Coordinated with Beijing or his own gambit?
Geostrategy-Direct, August 25, 2026 What kind of chess move was Russian President Vladimir Putin’s surprise visit to the disputed “Northern Territories” of Japan on Aug. 13? Days after his (more…)
Space Force general alarmed by pace of China’s space weapons development
Geostrategy-Direct, August 18, 2026 Space weapons deployed by China and Russia are “in some ways getting harder to fight,” warned four-start Gen. Stephen N. Whiting, commander of the Colorado-based (more…)
State Department: China’s grab of disputed ‘Scarborough Reef’ is threat to U.S. security
Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 With an uncharacteristically forceful statement, the U.S. State Department backed the Philippines following China’s recent announcement regarding Scarborough Reef located within Manila’s exclusive economic zone. (more…)
U.S. Space Force to deploy next generation nuclear blast detectors on GPS satellites
Geostrategy-Direct, August 4, 2026 Upgrades for the U.S.’s ability to detect nuclear blasts have arrived amidst expanding global nuclear stockpiles and modernized arsenals by major powers. Last month, the (more…)
Report: PLA scientist in 2018 shipped coronavirus to U.S. for NIH-funded research
Geostrategy-Direct, July 28, 2026 In November 2018, more than a year before the onset of the Covid pandemic, U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted three undeclared coronavirus-related vials at (more…)
Documents: At secret forum, China and Russia plotted to destroy Starlink satellites
Geostrategy-Direct, July 21, 2026 Leaked military documents have revealed a secret, coordinated strategy between China and Russia to neutralize and ultimately destroy SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network. An investigation by (more…)
Key to IRGC’s strategy are small boats from China, North Korea
Geostrategy-Direct, July 14, 2026 Small, fast-attack boats make up the cornerstone of Iran’s naval strategy. This so-called “mosquito fleet” — a massive force of agile, heavily armed speedboats — (more…)
New ‘fixed’ multiple missile launch system in China’s northwest called ‘ominous’
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 Satellite imagery from a desert location near the Chinese city of Jilantai identified unusual fortified structures with retractable roofs that were assessed by analysts as (more…)