CIA’s Directorate of Operations resurrected under Pompeo, North Korea crisis
Geostrategy-Direct With an eye on North Korea, CIA Director Mike Pompeo is taking steps to boost the capabilities of a branch of the agency that was weakened by the (more…)
Donald Trump and Red China: American pragmatism vs ideological purity
Geostrategy-Direct President Donald Trump has one of the “greatest opportunities in nearly five decades to change and modify” America’s policy on China “to its more logical course,” a China (more…)
Cyber Chief Rogers: U.S. outgunned against info-war, infrastructure threats from rogue states
Geostrategy-Direct Foreign cyber warriors are constantly upping their game, threatening more sophisticated and precise attacks on U.S. infrastructure, the head of U.S. Cyber Command said. “We assess that several (more…)
Emmanuel Macron: France sticks with EU, has no answers for terrorism and other woes
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli What does it mean that Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old former banker and finance minister who had never held elective office, was elected president of (more…)
Despite Russia’s influence operation, French election seen cooling bilateral ties
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli Extensive Russian efforts to influence the French presidential election may be unraveling in the face of a likely victory on May 7 by centrist (more…)
Who is Christopher Steele? Opposition research firm paid author of fictional Trump dossier
Geostrategy-Direct Christopher Steele is no James Bond. They do have a few things in common, though. Both are British and Bond is fictional while Steele is not averse to (more…)
Erdogan’s 15-year power play decisively positions Turkey outside the West’s orbit
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan scored a major victory in mid-April when by a small margin voters in his country supported a referendum that (more…)
Why Syria’s Assad did what he did
Geostrategy-Direct Bashar Assad’s decision to use sarin gas on his own people was intended to keep the United States and Russia from formulating a deal that would cripple the (more…)
Russia’s growing shadow has replaced U.S. influence in Middle East, North Africa
Geostrategy-Direct By Dr. Jack Caravelli Russia is continuing to expand its political and security footprint across the Middle East and North Africa. Those activities are filling a void left (more…)