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…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has clarified its forces are in Syria at the invitation of President Bashar Assad and will remain despite tension over Russia’s insistence that Teheran’s troops should leave (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Russian government is said to have accepted Israel’s demand that Iranian and Iran-backed forces be pulled back from the Israeli frontier. The Kremlin is considering pressing for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct When Iraqis learned the news that Moqtada al-Sadr’s party had topped the ballot in the nation’s recent election, his supporters poured into the streets of Baghdad and chanted (more…)
