Geostrategy-Direct Supreme leader Xi Jinping is pushing communist China’s hardline agenda worldwide via soft “United Front” influence operations which include paying Washington think tanks to reinforce Beijing’s policies, a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Chinese government-controlled electronics giants Huawei and ZTE are to be banned in Russia, according to an Aug. 20 report by the Russian news organization the Kommersant, citing government (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Lt. Gen. Yang Hui of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been arrested by the PLA’s internal security forces for “suspicion of violation of military disciplines,” the Hong (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct President Donald Trump’s approach to North Korea in 2018 has resulted in a much quieter year on the Korean Peninsula, a top U.S. commander said. “I can tell (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, will soon set up a Taipei office to enhance bilateral cooperation, a major step by the U.S. government to elevate government-to-government (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct One year after a tense and prolonged armed standoff in the Indian-Chinese border region known as Doklam, Chinese troops disguised as shepherds sneaked into the Indian controlled territory (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct All U.S. defense personnel in “operational areas” have been banned from using devices which track the user’s geolocation. The ban, enacted earlier this month by the Pentagon, includes (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Russia is engaged in a “pervasive messaging campaign” to “weaken and divide the United States” ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, top U.S. intelligence officials said. Media reports (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States must confront China’s ongoing cyber theft of American technology before it erodes “America’s long-term competitive economic advantage,” according to a report from the Office of (more…)