Intel

The Covid-19 pandemic likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified U.S. Department of Energy report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress. Read More.

If the small island nation of Taiwan were to fall to communist China, it would be a devastating blow to the free world on several fronts, according to a new analysis. Read More.

A document which was likened to a blueprint for the takeover of U.S. government buildings on Jan. 6, 2021, which has been entered by prosecutors as evidence in the trial of a member of the Proud Boys, was sent by government operatives to "frame or implicate" J6 defendants, an attorney for members of the Proud Boys who are on trail said in a court filing. Read More.

China is going to be building its first space tracking and control (STC) base on Antarctica and that could threaten the strategic balance on two levels. Read More.

Iran has enough material to produce “several” nuclear weapons, according to Rafael Grossi, the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Read More.

U.S. leadership is suffering from a severe case of “poverty of ideology,” failing to understand the dominant role of communist ideology in dealing with China, a former top State Department policymaker said in a recent speech. Read More.

There is more confirmation that China’s fleet of 5th generation Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) J-20A twin-engine air superiority fighters is growing, but there is also skepticism regarding a new advanced variant that reportedly emerged in late December 2022. Read More.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to “exponentially” increase the number of North Korea’s nuclear weapons. Read More.

China and Russia concluded 2022 with Chinese coercive air exercises aimed at Taiwan and then combined Chinese and Russian naval and air coercive exercises aimed at both Japan and Taiwan. Read More.

According to a report and images published by North Korea’s Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), on Dec. 15 North Korea tested a new large solid fuel rocket motor at its Sohae Satellite Launch Center, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in attendance. Read More.

A group of cyberspies linked to the communist regime in China are targeting the multinational cloud-computing firm Citrix, the U.S. National Security Agency said in an alert sent to companies on Dec. 13. Read More.

People’s Liberation Army (PLA) researchers believe that winning the battle of minds could be a greater victory than conquering via firepower and can last long after any conflict ends. Read More.

Merriam-Webster defines “Paper Tiger” as “one that is outwardly powerful or dangerous but inwardly weak or ineffectual.” Read More.

From 2016 to 2020, there were 722,765 Chinese graduate students studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at U.S. universities, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Read More.

In its Nov. 15 issue, Geostrategy-Direct.com, the subscription intelligence briefing published in association with WorldTribune.com surveyed the geopolitical landscape and identified disturbing developments with one locus in common: The People's Republic of China. Read More.