Ukraine War lessons for China and Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: 21st Century Warfare Lessons from Russia, Ukraine Russia’s war with Ukraine, which is into its third devastating month, has yielded lessons China could apply to any future (more…)
Russians’ training of Chinese jet fighter pilots exposed by crashes
Geostrategy-Direct China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) insists that its military forces are self-sufficient and do not rely on foreign training. The use of Russian flight instructors is considered a (more…)
Taiwan official: Chinese attacks against islands ‘very possible’ in 2022
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 19, the Taiwanese publications Liberty Times and Taipei Times reported the comments of an “anonymous” Taiwanese official who noted that to divert rising (more…)
Analyst: U.S. no longer deters China, must adopt measures ‘once regarded as extreme’
Geostrategy-Direct Deterrence remains the best guarantee of peace. This is especially important to note because China appears that it may no longer be deterred by the United States given (more…)
New Seoul leader prioritizes deterrence; North’s parade features Hwasong-17 ICBMs
Geostrategy-Direct As he is set to assume office as president on May 10, Yoon Suk-Yeol pledged to bolster South Korea’s capabilities to deter North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. (more…)
China’s Long March-11 space launches seen intimidating Taiwan as war prep
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 27 China is expected to conduct the 13th launch overall of its China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Long March-11 (LM-11) mobile (more…)
‘Law of the jungle’: IRGC naval commander hints at extralegal operations far from Iran
Geostrategy-Direct Iran has tasked the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy to be prepared to attack U.S., Israeli and other targets in the Gulf, but is also now operating (more…)
China shipbuilders gain on Japanese, Korean rivals in strategic Persian Gulf
Geostrategy-Direct The Chinese Industry Ministry reported that Beijing remained the world’s leading shipbuilder in the first quarter of 2022, accounting for 46.2 percent of global production. China has been (more…)
Drones may have conducted Turkey’s first-ever strikes on pro-Iran groups in Iraq
Geostrategy-Direct The first known incident where Turkey struck an Iranian terror proxy inside Iraq occurred near Bashiqa on April 26, regional reports say. The reports from Al-Ain media in (more…)