Russia to sell its 5th generation stealth fighter to China

Russia to sell its 5th generation stealth fighter to China

Special to WorldTribune.com By Richard Fisher, Geostrategy-Direct Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to quickly approve the foreign sale of the Sukhoi Su-57E, the export version of Russia’s most modern 5th generation combat aircraft despite past friction over Chinese reverse engineering. Even though China has its first 5th generation fighter in service, the Chengdu Aircraft […]

‘Deal of the century’: Beirut report details secret Trump peace plan

‘Deal of the century’: Beirut report details secret Trump peace plan

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration’s Middle East peace plan calls for large-scale resettlement of Palestinian Arabs in Jordan, the ceding of Jordanian territory to Israel, and the formation of a confederation between Jordan, the Palestinian Authority and Israel’s Civil Administration to administer Judea and Samaria, according to a report for Beirut-based newspaper. […]

Photos put China’s ‘galloping military buildup’ on vivid display

Photos put China’s ‘galloping military buildup’ on vivid display

Special to WorldTribune.com By Richard Fisher, Geostrategy-Direct China’s military spending for 2019 will increase by 7.5 percent to about $177.61 billion, as revealed on March 3, 2019 by an official at Chinese Communist Party’s annual National People’s Consultative Congress. This figure, while lower than the 8.1 percent for 2018, is greater than the announced 6 […]

Report: Israeli special forces operating in Afghanistan

Report: Israeli special forces operating in Afghanistan

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Israel dispatched a team of commandos to Afghanistan to gather intelligence on Iranian military movements in the region and to train in the nation’s rugged terrain, reports say. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) special forces soldiers are operating from an American Air Force base in Shindand, in the western province […]

Pompeo in Riyadh: U.S. goal is to help Iranian people gain ‘control of their capital’

Pompeo in Riyadh: U.S. goal is to help Iranian people gain ‘control of their capital’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct As Iran spends billions on foreign military interventions and terrorist operations, the Trump administration looks to empower the Islamic Republic’s citizens to “get control of their capital,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Speaking to reporters in Riyadh on Jan. 14, Pompeo said “you have Iranian-backed forces in Syria, […]

The president and his spies: He works with them now, but many are still out to get him

The president and his spies: He works with them now, but many are still out to get him

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct President Donald Trump’s relationship with the U.S. intelligence community has improved under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who was also Trump’s first CIA director, and national security adviser John Bolton. The two Trump allies routinely provide the president with key insights, particularly on priority topics such as North Korea and […]

Who is Im Jong-Seok? Former pro-Pyongyang activist runs ‘Blue House’ in Seoul

Who is Im Jong-Seok? Former pro-Pyongyang activist runs ‘Blue House’ in Seoul

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A pro-North Korea activist who was once imprisoned for his role in sending a South Korean student on an unauthorized visit to the North now has what some see as the top job in the once anti-communist government in Seoul. Im Jong-Seok, 51, a prominent former student democracy activist, is […]

Report: China, with 2-decade buildup, has ‘long-term strategy’ for supremacy

Report: China, with 2-decade buildup, has ‘long-term strategy’ for supremacy

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct China’s modernization of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) over the past two decades has “resulted in a force capable of contesting U.S. operations in the region, presenting challenges to the U.S. military’s longstanding assumption of enjoying ground, air, maritime, and information dominance in a conflict in the post-Cold War era,” […]

South Korea soldier shot and killed in DMZ after dismantling of guard posts

South Korea soldier shot and killed in DMZ after dismantling of guard posts

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A South Korean army soldier, with the surname Kim, was shot and killed by an unknown gunman at a forward deployed sentry post on Nov. 16. The bullet hit the enlisted ROK soldier in the head around 5 p.m. while he was on duty. He died on his way to […]