Ambitious UAE straddles political divides in space
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher With perhaps 80 to 100 years-worth of oil in its reserves (notwithstanding new discoveries), pumped at current rates of 3.2 million barrels a day, a (more…)
Xi Jinping steps up AI-boosted info war against U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: U.S.-China Information War When the Biden administration shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon last month, the communist propaganda machine in China went into overdrive, with Foreign Minister (more…)
Army report analyzes 147 Hollywood films, China’s stealth-propaganda strategy
Geostrategy-Direct Hollywood’s commercial ties with the Chinese Communist Party are so solid, that its films to become vehicles of communist propaganda capable of breaking down cognitive defenses of American (more…)
China announces 7.2 percent hike in military spending; Reality is likely double that
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On March 5 at the Chinese Communist Party’s annual National People’s Consultative Congress, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced that for 2023 China’s military spending will (more…)
IDEX 2023: China’s robot dog could evolve to a walking tank
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In June 2016 unmanned “walking” technology leader Boston Dynamics revealed its 23 kilogram four-leg dog-like robot called “Spot” that has since been developed for security, (more…)
North Korean human rights still controversial in politically-polarized South
Geostrategy-Direct The South Koran government in 2016 created a foundation aimed at promoting human rights in North Korea. But Seoul is so politically divided that no one has been (more…)
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Navy intelligence chief: ‘China blindness’ led to stolen tech strategic disaster
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: China’s Information Strategy Both the American public and its political leaders are blind to the immediate, significant threat China poses, the admiral in charge of naval intelligence (more…)
Commerce Dept. approved $23 billion in tech sales to restricted China firms
Geostrategy-Direct The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman said he found it “absolutely astounding” that the U.S. Commerce Department approved $23 billion in sensitive technology exports to (more…)