Geostrategy-Direct Iran continues to defy international sanctions via several attempts to procure technology that could be used in the production of nuclear weapons, according to a German intelligence agency (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct While U.S. President Barack Obama was focused on a foreign policy legacy in the form of the Iran nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic had its eye on a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct That the Trump administration, Israel and the U.S.’s Gulf allies are coalescing around a strategy to “push back” on Iran’s “regional hegemony” is bad enough for those in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Joint naval Iran-China naval exercises are being conducted near the Strait of Hormuz in the aftermath of several tense encounters between Iran and the U.S. in and around (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The announcement by four Sunni Arab states that they would sever diplomatic ties with Qatar comes as new strategic frameworks are taking shape in a region increasingly dominated (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The recent U.S. airstrikes on a Syrian convoy, which received scant media attention, conveyed a significant shfit in U.S. policy, an analyst said. President Donald Trump, unlike his (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct As Iran increases its backing of militia forces in Iraq and Syria, the head of the U.S. Treasury on May 24 told Congress he is looking at additional (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Days after U.S. President Donald Trump called for the isolation of Iran in a summit of Sunni state leaders in Riyadh, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced Teheran would (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The path to the Iranian presidency became much easier for hardliner Ebrahim Raisi on May 15 when Teheran mayor and fellow hardliner Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf withdrew from the (more…)