FPI / September 29, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct For those who run afoul of North Korea’s rules against “non-socialist” activities, and others caught breaking Covid-19 quarantine protocols, the Kim Jong-Un regime has reportedly built new prison camps. Even with the construction of the new camps, North Korea is failing to keep up with the skyrocketing numbers of […]
FPI / March 25, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com Joe Biden’s move to end the Trump administration’s policy of maximum pressure via sanctions on Iran opened the door for China to increase oil imports from the Islamic Republic. “China has sharply increased its imports of oil from Iran and Venezuela in a challenge to two Biden administration foreign-policy […]
FPI / March 7, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com A China policy advisor to former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), following the 2003 Sars pandemic, made researching viruses a national obsession Yu Maochun told VOA in a March 1 interview that “the whole country mobilized” to study […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler The rising tide of China’s military modernization, expansion, and force projection capabilities has long haunted policymakers from the United States to East Asia. But while many Washington politicians were premised on the paradigm of China’s “peaceful rise” and a world of global commerce with only occasional political friction, […]
FPI / March 4, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com A large number of states in the U.S. have contracts with two Chinese firms — Lenovo and Lexmark — which are required to report data and information they receive to the communist government in Beijing, security analysts say. The use of Chinese equipment makes the states and other entities […]
FPI / Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher China has used disinformation to conceal its role in promoting conflict with Iran in the wake of the spike in Persian Gulf and even global military tensions following the Jan. 3 American drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, that killed Iranian Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani. Two days later, on […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Communist China is currently holding more than one million ethnic Uighur Muslims in prison camps. Supreme leader Xi Jinping is committed to rampant espionage against American citizens and companies and the kidnapping of critics from foreign countries. Mao Zedong caused the deaths of 50 million of his fellow Chinese. Despite […]
FYI! Sign up for your weekly Intelligence Briefing By Geostrategy-Direct The thought of a massively destructive cruise missile traveling at Mach 5+ is quite unnerving, but many may think it is something that won’t happen in the near future. Think again. … ‘Directed Energy Summit’ addresses hypersonic cruise missile threat
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 […]
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. […]