Some of you have asked why we have started a new online publication, East-Asia-Intel.com. The reasons are two-fold:

1) Since we began publishing Geostrategy-Direct.com in March 2001, we have been shocked by the decline in geopolitical and strategic news and information from the East Asia region. Many large news organizations have cut back on or totally shut down their reporting bureaus there.

2) Given the events of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent war on terrorism, our coverage in Geostrategy-Direct.com has focused primarily on the Middle East. But as Bill Gertz wrote in his New York Times bestseller, The China Threat: "The People's Republic of China is the most serious national security threat the United States faces at present and will remain so into the foreseeable future." The book was written before September 11, 2001, but the fact remains: The United States, as the sole post-Cold War superpower, faces threats from both the global terrorist network and also the rapidly changing balance of power in the Far East.

Here's one example: China's economic boom, its continuing suppression of religious expression and democratic impulses, and its strategic alliance with the volatile North Korean state - itself a budding nuclear power - has so alarmed Japan that this economic powerhouse is preparing to shed its post-World War II "peace constitution."

Given these disturbing geopolitical realities, we felt compelled to recruit a network of correspondents in East Asia to monitor developments in this vital region.

We are proud to offer you this new weekly report based on our new and expanded team of seasoned correspondents. Bill Gertz, the world-renowned national security correspondent for The Washington Times, is also a contributing editor at East-Asia-Intel.com.

This exclusive report costs $10/month for individual subscribers. But for those already subscribing to Geostrategy-Direct, we are pleased to offer East-Asia-Intel.com to you for only an additional $8/month. This means that for only $8 more per month you can get both the weekly Geostrategy-Direct.com and the weekly East-Asia-Intel.com.

To take advantage of this special offer, please do the following:

Simply e-mail us at: world@worldtribune.com, and type "COMBO OFFER" in the subject box.

Include your Geostrategy-Direct.com User Name and your preferred e-mail address in the e-mail.

Upon receiving your e-mail, we will adjust your monthly charge and enroll you as a subscriber to East-Asia-Intel.com if you are not already a subscriber. You will need only your e-mail address to log in to the site.