Geostrategy-Direct Iran is concealing its role as the dominant actor in the Syrian conflict while moving closer to the Israeli border, a pair of Middle East analysts said in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran on Aug. 2 launched naval exercises similar to annual war games that are held in late Autumn. The naval drills were held just days before the U.S. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran is getting a taste of the maximum pressure strategy used by U.S. President Donald Trump that brought North Korea to the negotiating table. As the U.S. is (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz if its oil exports are cut off by the United States. It commanders also warned its Arab neighbors and vowed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran, with its allied pro-Assad forces now controlling two thirds of the Syrian province bordering the Golan Heights, is openly identifying what it considers the target of the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A severe shortage of drinkable water and a crumbling economy have sparked nationwide protests against the Iranian government. Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in the city of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct If they weren’t at odds, Russian President Vladimir Putin may have wanted to consult with chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov on this one. How does the Kremlin balance its (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The following excerpts are from an analysis by Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The outcome of the Iraqi election of May 12, is clear – (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran-backed militias and fighters from the Iranian terror proxy Hizbullah have returned to southern Syria disguised in Syrian army uniforms to avoid being targeted by Israeli airstrikes, a (more…)