Russian navy plans permanent base in Syria; eyes others in Vietnam, Cuba

Russian navy plans permanent base in Syria; eyes others in Vietnam, Cuba

Special to WorldTribune.com By Backgrounder, Geostrategy-Direct.com President Vladimir Putin is looking to expand Russia’s military power and restore Moscow’s global reach of the Soviet era. Moscow on Oct. 10 announced it was planning to make its naval base in Syria permanent. Earlier reports said Russia is considering re-establishing bases in Vietnam and Cuba that it […]

Brand differentiation: How candidates characterize terror threat is hot campaign topic

Brand differentiation: How candidates characterize terror threat is hot campaign topic

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com, October 4, 2016 The 2016 major party presidential candidates differ greatly on how they define the terrorist organizations that America has been fighting for the last 15 years. Republican nominee Donald Trump has been highly critical of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for refusing to define the threat as “radical Islamic […]

Ex-Turkish intelligence official charges Turkey using ISIL as ‘geopolitical tool’

Ex-Turkish intelligence official charges Turkey using ISIL as ‘geopolitical tool’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is sponsoring Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), using the terror group as a “geopolitical tool to expand Turkey’s regional influence and sideline his political opponents at home, a former top Turkish counter-terror official said. Ahmet Sait Yayla, in interviews with a crowdfunded journalism […]

All is not well in China, but CCP media unleash glowing info-offensive

All is not well in China, but CCP media unleash glowing info-offensive

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, ‘Inside China’, Geostrategy-Direct.com Propaganda specialists surrounding President Xi Jinping are working overtime to burnish his reputation as a close-to-the-people savior who can best acquit himself of Chairman Mao’s “serve the people” credo. Xinhua News Agency over the weekend released a long dispatch on “the basic reform orientations” of Xi […]

China said likely to have provided North Korea with submarine missile

China said likely to have provided North Korea with submarine missile

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com A submarine-launched missile that was successfully test-fired by North Korea last week likely was provided to the Kim Jong-Un regime by China, a U.S. analyst said. Bruce Bechtol, a North Korea analyst at Angelo State University in Texas, said the North’s SLBM, known as KN-11, looks like a “carbon copy” […]

Russia weighs a new and secure Internet as its exclusive domain

Russia weighs a new and secure Internet as its exclusive domain

Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct The Russian intelligence service, and those acting on its behalf, constitutes one of the biggest threats to the Internet’s integrity and security. Along with China and Iran, Russia is one of the most aggressive nations in exploiting Internet security vulnerabilities around the globe. Russian hacking activities have […]

German intel official cites ‘hundreds of reports’ of ‘hit squads’, sleeper cells

German intel official cites ‘hundreds of reports’ of ‘hit squads’, sleeper cells

Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Last year’s mass influx of refugees from Syria and Iraq triggered a series of security, social and political troubles throughout Europe, reaching as far as Sweden. But while the refugee numbers have been reduced, major nations such as Germany and Italy face new problems. In Germany, Chancellor […]

Top secret: ISIL’s intelligence unit effectively exports terrorism worldwide

Top secret: ISIL’s intelligence unit effectively exports terrorism worldwide

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A secretive intelligence branch of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is exporting terrorism worldwide. The unit, known in Arabic as the Emni, is a combination of an internal police force and an external operations branch, according to French, Belgian, German and Austrian intelligence and interrogation documents. The documents […]

Saudis offer Moscow billions to cut ties with Syria’s Assad, Iran

Saudis offer Moscow billions to cut ties with Syria’s Assad, Iran

Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir last week confirmed that he has offered the Russian government billions of dollars in financial incentives to abandon its support for Syrian President Bashar Assad. For over five years Syria has been engaged in a bloody civil war that has taken […]

Meanwhile in Siberia: Chinese planes overfly top secret nuke facility

Meanwhile in Siberia: Chinese planes overfly top secret nuke facility

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com Four Chinese airplanes operated by the Chinese civil aviation authorities penetrated deep into Russia’s airspace on July 24. The planes flew over the forbidden city of Severst where the ultra-secret Siberian Chemical Combine is located, according to various Russian media reports. The Siberian Chemical Combine was built by the Soviet […]