Trump’s strategic ambiguity on Korea has China on edge
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct Chinese officials and analysts said Beijing remains “uncertain” about the…
Trump hits media, intel leaks and tweets: ‘Was Obama too soft on Russia?’
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty U.S. President Donald Trump has said…
China weighs influence options with $3 trillion hard currency reserves — Geostrategy-Direct
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct China’s Supreme Leader Xi Jinping has ordered a drastic reduction…
First foreign trip by Mattis signaled urgency of simmering crisis in Northeast Asia
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct James Mattis chose Seoul and Tokyo as his first ever…
Obama’s unreported Pakistan sanctions limit U.S. options for looming Afghanistan crisis
How the U.S. Trump Administration deals with emerging Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran issues may have…
Beijing exploits Seoul crisis in bid to shatter anti-China alliance
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com China is seizing upon new gaps in the powerful pro-U.S.…
Renewed friction between Seoul and Tokyo rubs Pyongyang the right way
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com The widening rift between South Korea and Japan is dangerous…
Geostrategy-Direct: China, N. Korea salivating at paralysis in Seoul
Geostrategy-Direct Top headlines in the Jan. 24, 2017 edition. …
China praises Obama as ‘most pacifist’ U.S. president, hails ‘failure’ of Asia Pivot
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct.com China’s state media has not obsessed about President Barack Obama’s…
Egypt expands navy with formation of Southern Fleet Command
by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2017 Egypt’s navy has responded to growing threats in the…
Obama’s unprecedented bid to undercut president-elect said to sacrifice U.S. interests
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Year-end 2016 saw…
Al Qaida is coming back, stronger than before
Special to WorldTribune.com By Jonathan Alexander, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The “Great Intra-Muslim War” —…
China’s carrier fleet passes near Taiwan in warning to U.S.
by WorldTribune Staff, December 26, 2016 China’s lone aircraft carrier and five other vessels were…
Turkey’s Erdoğan aggressively courting Team Trump
Special to WorldTribune.com By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs staff in Ankara and Washinngton, D.C. Turkish…
Trump crisis in Beijing: Five ‘knowns and unknowns’ have Xi Jinping in the panic mode
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, ‘Inside China’, Geostrategy-Direct.com “As we know, there are known…