Portrait of an America spy for China
Geostrategy-Direct Motivated by an affinity for money and China, and hatred for President Donald Trump, a former U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency official turned agent for China and provided the (more…)
Turkey: From most loyal NATO ally to forging strategic bonds with China, Russia
Geostrategy-Direct President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been slowly plotting Turkey’s ultimate departure from NATO since he first came to power as prime minister in 2002, an analyst said. (more…)
U.S. delivers inel-sharing ultimatum to Germany over Huawei
Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration warned it will institute limits on intelligence sharing with the German government if Berlin allows Huawei Technologies to build Germany’s next-generation mobile-Internet infrastructure. U.S. Ambassador (more…)
Stratcom warning: Commander urges modernization of U.S. nuclear triad
Geostrategy-Direct The commander of U.S. Strategic Command characterized the need to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal as urgent in recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gen. John (more…)
‘Joint penetration’: New U.S. strategic response to China-Russia muscle
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. armed forces is putting forward a new “concept of operations” for “penetrating capability,” the Air Force’s chief of staff said. Gen. David Goldfein, during a Brookings (more…)
Facial recognition tech: China tracked daily movements of 2.5 million
Geostrategy-Direct A Dutch cybersecurity researcher discovered a Chinese database which appears to, via facial recognition, have been tracking and recording in real time the movements of more than 2.5 (more…)
D.C. rumor mill: Huawei’s indicted ‘Princess Meng’ could play role in China trade deal
Geostrategy-Direct Returning indicted Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou to China as part of a trade deal was floated by Trump administration officials, according to recently circulated reports in U.S. government (more…)
U.S. counterterror official on tour of northern Europe to discuss Iran-backed plots
Geostrategy-Direct The United States dispatched its coordinator for counterterrorism to three Scandinavian countries last week for discussions on Iran-backed terrorism in Europe. In visits to Denmark, Sweden and Norway, (more…)
F-35’s new mission: Missile defense against an ICBM strike
Geostrategy-Direct The Pentagon reported last week that it plans to equip F-35 fighter jets with an advanced anti-missile system that can shoot down intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). “DoD’s newest (more…)