Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: People’s Liberation Army of China The number one task of the 2.2 million active personnel in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is supporting the ruling Chinese Communist (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: China’s ‘Weaponized’ Economy The communist government in China has unleashed an economic pressure campaign which aims to punish U.S. allies in Asia who refuse “to fold to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: U.S. 2022 Defense Budget The Pentagon needs an increase in funding if it is to stay “radically focused” on countering communist China’s drive to become a military (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: China’s Disputed Island Bases Despite a pledge by supreme leader Xi Jinping not to militarize South China Sea islands, China has stepped up military activity at its (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Afghan National Security, July 2021 While Team Biden’s Pentagon insists the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will be completed by the end of next month, the reality is (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Japan’s National Security In the event of an attempt by China’s military to seize Taiwan, Japan’s Self-Defense Forces would join any U.S.-led defense of the island democracy, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Chinese Communist Party As the July 1 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) approached, China was moving to quell rumors of high-profile defections while at (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Iran’s New President, Ebrahim Raisi Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Staff The election on June 18 of Sayyid Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati — also known as Ebrahim Raisi (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Pentagon’s China Policy A rift has opened between top brass at the Pentagon and budget officials in Congress and the Biden administration over how to best position (more…)
