Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, or DEA, will soon set up a Taipei office to enhance bilateral cooperation, a major step by the U.S. government to elevate government-to-government (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct One year after a tense and prolonged armed standoff in the Indian-Chinese border region known as Doklam, Chinese troops disguised as shepherds sneaked into the Indian controlled territory (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The South Korean customs authorities released a report on Aug. 10 charging several South Korean companies with conducting illegal coal trade with North Korea. The government report said (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The smallest nation in Asia has succumbed to pressure from the largest nation in Asia by kicking out its closest neighbor’s military personnel unceremoniously. Last week, the Maldives (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China-Russia relations suffered yet another blow recently when Russia resolutely rejected a Chinese request to inspect and provide technical certification for a powerful rocket engine that the Chinese (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Within days, Japan’s defense minister is reportedly to embark on an important trip to India, to seal a landmark agreement with New Delhi to hold a first-ever military (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct On July 26, Russia announced that it is completing its delivery of the S-400 air defense system to China. But the story is far more agonizing to China (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Houthi rebels in Yemen announced on July 14 that a Chinese made killer drone operated by the Saudi military had been shot down, marking the first time (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The world’s largest multilateral naval exercise has a nearly certain target: China. The U.S. Navy-hosted biennial drill, codenamed RIMPAC, has for the first time included the navies from (more…)
