Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Miles Copeland, a former officer of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and a onetime advisor to Egyptian President (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unique in that it maintains a stable of non-officials, journalists, academics and ex-officials, used to conduct political intimidation and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Analysts have argued that destroying Taiwan’s highly lucrative semiconductor manufacturing facilities would make the island “unwantable” to China. But, while important, Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is not the top (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s increasing belligerence in the South China Sea and against the Philippines has prompted even the China-friendly administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to begin a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In September, China’s naval attache in Washington threatened leaders in the semi-official Naval Attache Association (NAA) with unspecified political repercussions unless the NAA disinvited three Taiwanese naval attaches (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Dec. 27, 2021, placed the city of Xian under tight lockdown restrictions (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct With the holiday season, we are reminded that the world continues to spin perfectly and maintain its precise orbit despite human initiatives or the lack thereof. Barring an (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct During his many visits to Taiwan over those two decades, Xie Xizhang presented himself as a Hong Kong businessman. But he was on a secret mission to recruit (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched an influence operation on Facebook which aimed to convince the world that the Covid-19 pandemic did not begin in Wuhan, China. CCP (more…)
