Geostrategy-Direct Once again, South Korea and Japan are behaving like they are enemies, not members of a critical tripartite strategic alliance with the United States that is critical for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A promising critical step to re-align the Northeast Asia’s power structure has collapsed. On Jan. 22, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and President Vladimir Putin of Russia (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In a stunning reversal of nearly 70 years of the country’s historical posture, the government of South Korea under leftist President Moon Jae-In has redefined its national security (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In a rare show of unity and joint resolve, the warships of the U.S. Navy and the British Royal Navy conducted a five-day joint drill near the Chinese-claimed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The president of the World Bank abruptly announced his resignation on Jan. 7, effective in early February. Jim Yong-Kim’s departure is three years earlier than the expiration of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct One day before the 40th anniversary of U.S.-PRC diplomatic recognition, President Donald Trump signed into law the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act or ARIA, solidifying U.S. pushback against China’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The leftist government of President Moon Jae-In in South Korea vehemently denies having anything to do with one of the highest profiled North Korean defections, causing speculation that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Japan and South Korea are bracing for an explosive wave of forced seizures of Japanese assets in South Korea in compliance with a Korean court’s controversial ruling on (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Russian defense officials have just announced that a dramatic expansion of its Pacific Fleet naval assets, headquartered in Vladivostok, is under way. The new buildup, announced in late (more…)
