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…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran and North Korea continue to work in concert to develop missiles that the United States is constrained from working on under an international arms control treaty. Missile (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran’s espionage operations in Germany over the past decade triggered more investigations that those of any other foreign actor except Russia. They included assassination attempts on advocates for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Iran is conducting nuclear weapons research at a walled military complex which the Teheran regime has declared off-limits to inspectors, an Iranian opposition group said. The Islamic Republic (more…)
