Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct One month after the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris took 130 lives, two incidents barely reported in the U.S. media, one in Paris and one in Geneva, signal new terrorism threats in the heart of Europe. After the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, French law enforcement and security […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, EastAsiaIntel.com A series of internal speeches has confirmed President Xi Jinping’s arch-conservative view that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will choose its own survival over “subversive” reforms. A 10,000-word story in the Friday edition of the reformist Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolitan Daily has revealed the psychology behind Xi’s refusal […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Russian President Vladimir Putin, once derided by Barack Obama as presiding over a “regional power,” is demonstrating Russia’s global reach not only in Syria and Ukraine but with new economic and political initiatives involving Pakistan. Putin was in Islamabad, this fall meeting with senior Pakistani officials to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) has developed a multi-pronged approach that has enabled the terror organization to survive Russian and U.S.-led coalition air strikes. Experts say ISIL uses air raid sirens, tunnels, Internet security checks to weed out spies and has moved most of its control posts […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com Did the actions of Edward Snowden enable Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) to formulate a blueprint that led to the evolution of its “caliphate”? Several experts say that, in the wake of Snowden’s revelations, investigators have intercepted far fewer of ISIL’s communications. The terror group is now […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct In the aftermath of a brazen, coordinated attack on six popular Parisian locations by the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), western powers are being forced to review intelligence policies and capabilities as well as measures to counter virulent Islamist social media offensives in the global […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The French capital was under siege again as a brazen, coordinated attack on six popular Parisian locations was carried out on Nov. 13 by what is almost certainly an Islamic terrorist group, probably the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The attackers apparently acted in near […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, EastAsiaIntel.com The ostensible motive for the historic handshake last Saturday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwan counterpart Ma Ying-jeou is to anchor cross-Strait relations on the “one China” principle. Yet there are more urgent – and politically significant – considerations as well. Presidential elections are coming up in […]
A senior official in the Russian General Staff has described the military’s plans for constructing a new base in Syria, a strong indication that Russia intends to establish an expanded and permanent military presence there. Col. Gen. Andrei Kartapolov, Chief of the General Staff’s Operations Directorate which plans military missions, describes in an interview in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The 2014 annexation of Crimea and the ongoing civil war in Syria, while major political crises, also are replete with insights about the current state of the Russian military. First, the Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s disdain for Barack Obama is palpable. If the Russian president continues to […]