Special to WorldTribune.com FromBackgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com As Iran was steeped in negotiations with world powers over its nuclear program in April, North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile experts visited a military site near Teheran, a group of Iranian dissidents said. National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), a Paris-based Iranian opposition group, said sources inside Iran […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com Saudi Arabia intends to purchase nuclear weapons from Pakistan in response to Iran’s nuclear arrangement, according to a U.S. official. “There has been a longstanding agreement in place with the Pakistanis and the House of Saud has now made the strategic decision to move forward,” the official said. Asked […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s week-long high-profile visit to the United States, a new global U.S. partnership is emerging that could replace the U.S. “special relationship” with Britain, which is fading fast with London’s rapid retreat to isolationism and global insignificance. The formation of this new strategic […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com In a clear stab at the NATO and EU, the Socialist government in Athens is actively negotiating with Russia to purchase Moscow’s S-300 anti-missile system and its service package. Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos confirmed the news on April 15 in the wake of a visit to Moscow […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com At the most critical juncture of the difficult 6-party talk with Iran on ending Tehran’s nuclear program, the Kremlin announced it was lifting the ban on exporting to Iran an advanced missile defense system known as S-300. The sale of S-300 missile defense system to Iran is particular […]
The U.S.-led boycott threatens to rain on Vladimir Putin’s military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe. The Kremlin is concerned that too few party-goers will attend its major celebration. The military parade will take place at Red Square on May 9. President Barack Obama has said he […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On the even of the 15th anniversary of his rise to the Russian presidency, Vladimir Putin presided over a national security and intelligence conference in Moscow on March 26 and issued a dire warning to his spy chiefs. Putin claimed that the West had been waging a massive […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Seven years after Russia instigated and conducted a separatist war that was ostensibly for the independence of South Ossetia, Moscow has just virtually annexed the former Georgia territory. A comprehensive new agreement with South Ossetia gives Russia the exclusive right to defend South Ossetia which has been recognized […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On March 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin, issued a military order to 38,000 troops to launch a massive arctic exercise. Re-emerging after a mysterious disappearance from the public eye for more than 10 days, Putin and his order caught the Russian military off guard. The presidential order called […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com A senior Japanese statesman shocked many with his visit to Crimea on March 11, where he publicly praised Russia’s annexation. Yukio Hatoyama was Japan’s prime minister briefly from September 2009 to June 20110. His visit and talks with Crimea’s leader, discouraged by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has Japan’s […]