IISS report: Iran has made ‘effective’ gains in regional balance of power
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has turned the balance of power in the Middle East “in its favor” via a network of non-state alliances it has built over the past four decades, (more…)
Pompeo speech marks dramatic, Trump-led shift in China policy
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While fighting for its political existence against the Democrat Party led campaign for impeachment in the United States House of Representatives, the administration of President (more…)
Who betrayed al-Baghdadi? Israel regards Iran’s Soleimani a higher value target
Geostrategy-Direct Some of the key information that led U.S. Special Forces to the hideout of Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi came from the wife of an al-Baghdadi (more…)
Changing Mideast matrix convinces Iran, Israel that war is inevitable
Geostrategy-Direct Excerpts from analysis by Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Oct. 10 at the memorial for (more…)
China pulls out of Iran energy project amid pressure from U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct China has withdrawn from a $5 billion deal to help develop Iran’s massive South Pars natural gas field. The action, announced by Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh on (more…)
After 70 Years, internal terrorism remains the basis for Chinese Communist rule
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 1, 1949 Mao Zedong told the Chinese people to “stand up” and he declared the formation of the People’s Republic of China, which (more…)
Analysis: Iran regime believes it forced the U.S. to back down
Geostrategy-Direct The following are excerpts from an analysis by Yossef Bodansky, Senior Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The most important historic milestone was not the heavy damage to the (more…)
China’s investment in R&D seen giving it devastating tech edge over U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct China is pouring mountains of cash into research & development in an effort to gain a decisive military advantage over the United States, according to a new book (more…)
One year after Netanyahu report, IAEA finds traces of uranium at secret Iran site
Geostrategy-Direct The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on Sept. 9 that a site in Iran that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a year ago called a “secret (more…)