Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Jordan’s King Abdullah II Analysis by GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, Amman and the region Jordan’s King Abdullah II, facing increasing pressures from several fronts — particularly from (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Geopolitics of the Suez Canal The following are excerpts from an analysis by Gregory R. Copley, editor of GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. Egypt’s ongoing war with Ethiopia, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: China-Iran Strategic Ties Joe Biden’s move to end the Trump administration’s policy of maximum pressure via sanctions on Iran opened the door for China to increase oil (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Colin Kahl Joe Biden’s nomination of Colin Kahl to a top Pentagon post is under fire from Republicans over unprofessional, partisan social media postings that have placed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Post-Trump China Policy The Pentagon is keeping a lid on who exactly is formulating the Biden administration’s China policy. A new China Task Force has been formed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Recep Tayyip Erdogan In 2013, Turkey’s Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Xinjiang province in China, a territory inhabited by Muslim Uyghurs living under Chinese control. Earlier, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: China’s biological weapons program Evidence continues to mount that the coronavirus came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV). “The world has known for a long time (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Rare-Earth Elements The Pentagon is hoping a new rare-earth processing plant in Texas will stop China from cornering the market on the elements that are critical to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: 21st Century Nuclear War Scenarios The luxury of living in a post-Cold War era when direct armed conflict with a rival nuclear power was not possible is (more…)
