Geostrategy-Direct A large portion of China’s huge military budget will be allotted to the Chinese navy for a massive and rapid buildup in order to counter the American navy’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China has turned on South Korea, treating it as its new and bitter enemy only a year after Beijing and Seoul seemed the best of friends. The trigger (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China and North Korea colluded to deceive the world into presuming that Beijing is implementing UN sanctions against the DPRK. The charade included Pyongyang feigning outrage at Beijing (more…)
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…)
