Geostrategy-Direct On May 23, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing the intelligence community to “quickly and fully cooperate” with Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into intelligence surveillance (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On June 2, 2019 Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe used the first appearance at Shangri La in eight years by a Chinese official of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Amid Russia’s continued violations of nuclear treaties, and China’s growing nuclear arsenal, the United States is reviewing whether to seek an extension of the 2010 New START strategic (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a May 26 article in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP), veteran military issue correspondent Minnie Chan reported that China’s current conventional-powered aircraft (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A former spy for the CIA was sentenced on May 17 to 20 years in prison after being convicted on charges of conspiring to transmit U.S. defense secrets (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During a May 15, 2019 meeting with military and industrial leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Russia would soon purchase 76 of the Sukhoi (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration has forced a Hong Kong-based firm which is owned by communist China’s state-run Cosco Shipping Holdings to sell its U.S. container port over security concerns. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Asserting that it “is America’s moment to stand up as an Arctic nation,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 6 warned China and Russia against “aggressive” (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Mueller report focused on the St. Petersburg, Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) as a major player in Moscow’s election meddling operation targeting the United States. The IRA’s (more…)
