Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials on Dec. 27, 2021, placed the city of Xian under tight lockdown restrictions (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran plans to more than double its funding allocation to the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) next year. The increase likely reflects Iran’s response to the U.S. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China could soon be delivering to Pakistan two new platforms that will be capable of delivering nuclear weapons: an export version of the Type 039B (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: CIA Director William Burns It is not a given that Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine will result in an invasion, CIA Director William Burns (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The North Korean regime is cracking down brutally on residents who smuggle in copies of and those who watch the popular Korea-language Netflix series “Squid Game”. The regime (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The mysterious disappearance of a Chinese tennis star who had revealed a sordid affair with and a abuse by a former member of the Politburo Standing Committee is (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Fourteen years have passed since China’s January 2007 “successful” test of a ground-launched direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) system, but Russia just used a successful ASAT test (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy By the end of the decade, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), already the world’s largest navy, will boast an arsenal of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) unleashes tides of threats and propaganda against the 23 million free people of Taiwan, calling them (more…)