Geostrategy-Direct The Taiwanese navy will strengthen its presence in the South China Sea to counter China’s naval buildup in the region, Taiwan’s Defense Minister said on March 2. Defense (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Russia plans to dramatically increase its military presence in the four southern Kuril islands also claimed by the Japanese who call them the Northern Territories. The announcement was (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China announced last week it would temporarily halt imports of North Korean coal until the end of this year, evoking a strong reaction from Pyongyang. On Feb. 22, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The North Korean government on Feb. 22 issued a statement ridiculing Malaysian authorities’ handling of the investigation of the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korean (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Two Chinese bodyguards appointed by Beijing to protect the half-brother of North Korea’s dictator were mysteriously absent at the moment when he was accosted by two female agents (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States government under President Donald Trump may consider selling the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense [THAAD] system to Taiwan to fend off China’s increasingly worrisome missile (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Because of the newly signed 2017 National Defense Authorization Act [NDAA], the U.S. government will dispatch U.S. Marines to guard the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China’s Supreme Leader Xi Jinping has ordered a drastic reduction in the speed and volume of buying influence in foreign countries due to China’s economic slowdown and the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration rolled out the red carpet and gave Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe an extravagant welcome and enthusiastic embrace. The primary message was to China: America’s (more…)
