Geostrategy-Direct “This geopolitical recession is something really simple – it’s the end of the U.S.-led global order,” Ian Bremmer, head of risk advisers at the Eurasia Group, told those assembled at (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Japan’s defense ministry ignited a fierce spat with South Korea on Dec. 28 by posting on its official website a 13-minute video showing a South Korean navy ship (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dear Subscribers, We will be taking our annual winter holiday leave with the next issue. Geostrategy-Direct.com will return with it January 1, 2019 edition. With warm wishes for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Poor countries are being enticed by the communist Chinese government to hire Chinese firms to build expensive infrastructure projects. When the countries fail to meet their payment obligations (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct After months of investigating, the Japanese government announced on Dec. 10 a comprehensive ban of any government purchase of products by China’s top two electronics giants Huawei and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The world’s longest post-war territorial dispute between two major world powers is having a new twist: A new poll found that more than half of Japanese people agree (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wangzhou was seen by some in the Chinese hierarchy as “an intentional (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct On Nov. 30, a North Korean soldier spoiled South Korean President Moon Jae-In’s peace appeasement campaign toward Pyongyang. The soldier crossed the still heavily-fortified and armed border and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Washington moved one step closer on Nov. 28 to passing landmark legislation that will certainly enrage Beijing and open up a new diplomatic paradigm toward China. The Senate (more…)