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…)
Geostrategy-Direct Japan’s defense ministry ignited a fierce spat with South Korea on Dec. 28 by posting on its official website a 13-minute video showing a South Korean navy ship (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The volley of diplomatic salvos continues between China and Canada with the report that the Canadian government has rejected the Chinese foreign minister’s wife’s visa application. The Chinese (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct After months of investigating, the Japanese government announced on Dec. 10 a comprehensive ban of any government purchase of products by China’s top two electronics giants Huawei and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The world’s longest post-war territorial dispute between two major world powers is having a new twist: A new poll found that more than half of Japanese people agree (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct During his 5-day visit to China, German President Frank-Waller Steinmeier delivered a scathing speech attacking the ideological ancestor of the communist state, prompting an emergency news blackout on (more…)
