Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China has responded to a March 17 Reuters report that credited direct intervention by Trump administration officials in averting a threatened exchange of missile strikes (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration has begun conducting counter-cyber attacks against Chinese intelligence and military targets, a report said. The new U.S. cyber operations may have included the theft of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher With the imminent formal demise of the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty due to Russian cheating, the U.S. is moving to rebuild its (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Two recent major failures highlight “how broken the U.S. intelligence system has become” since CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton was ousted in the 1970s, security correspondent Bill Gertz (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct NORINCO, the major Chinese ground force weapons developer and producer, used the 2019 International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) in Abu Dhabi, from Feb. 17 to 21, to reveal for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad complained about bitter feuding in the Islamic regime in advance of his abrupt resignation. Zarif, who announced he was stepping down in a Feb. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While Chinese military activity in Northeast Asia increases, so has Japan-U.S. military cooperation, with a vigorous early 2019 bi-lateral military exercise schedule. On Jan. 16, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China constantly denies that its estimated $10 trillion dollar global infrastructure and economic investment program, the “One Belt and One Road” initiative is intended to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In the past month, Iran has attempted two satellite launches. Both failed within minutes of takeoff. The failed launches are likely the result of a secret U.S. program (more…)