As U.S. pressure builds against Iran, Trump is focused on Iraq
Geostrategy-Direct, February 3, 2026 As the key Middle East power broker at a very sensitive juncture in early 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump has been clear that he does (more…)
Mysteries, deception and danger: Xi Jinping purges top Gen. Zhang Youxia
Geostrategy-Direct, January 27, 2026 By Richard Fisher While the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) abhors transparency, it also jumps to use outsiders’ lack of knowledge to advance deception stratagems for (more…)
Analyst: U.S. raid in Venezuela provided signal intelligence gold to China via Cuba
Geostrategy-Direct, January 20, 2026 The U.S. military operation in Venezuela provided China’s spies a rare opportunity to accumulate valuable intelligence on American weapons and war fighting, a former U.S. (more…)
High tech Chinese air defenses failed as U.S. warplanes approached Venezuela
Geostrategy-Direct, January 13, 2026 In the opening minutes of the successful operation on Jan. 3 that resulted in the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. military rendered (more…)
‘Operation Absolute Resolve’ delivers major blow to China-Venezuela strategic links
Geostrategy-Direct, January 6, 2026 By Richard Fisher President Donald Trump’s Jan. 3 brilliantly-executed Operation Absolute Resolve, the precision capture and extraction of Venezuelan Dictator Nicholas Maduro and his wife (more…)
With Netanyahu meeting, Trump plays Soleimani card; Protests erupt in Iran
Geostrategy-Direct, December 30, 2025 As Iran fights internal enemies amid massive nationwide protests, it has once again been put on the defensive from the external force that is U.S. (more…)
‘Non-hemispheric’ China gets a call from ‘strategic partner’ Nicholas Maduro
Geostrategy-Direct, December 16, 2025 By Richard Fisher On Dec. 17, 2025, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi called Venezuela’s Minister of the People’s Power for Foreign Affairs Yvan (more…)
Adm. Paparo: AI power will provide ‘decision superiority’ in advanced warfare
Geostrategy-Direct, December 9, 2025 Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing then nature of advanced warfare, the commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. AI is making Information warfare, drone strikes, and (more…)
China already in the race with U.S. to build AI data centers in space
Geostrategy-Direct, December 2, 2025 By Richard Fisher As quintillions of Artificial Intelligence (AI) processes expand the realm of the computer “Cloud,” that invisible computer ecosystem requiring burgeoning numbers of (more…)