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Geostrategy-Direct The November 17, 2020 edition of Geostrategy-Direct was delayed due to technical issues with our servers. A related issue apparently blocked the headline alerts for the November 10 (more…)
U.S. sounds alarm to NATO allies on China’s nuclear ‘crash buildup’
Geostrategy-Direct Communist China is rapidly expanding its plutonium and uranium plants as part of what a U.S. State Department official called a “secretive crash buildup” aimed at adding nuclear (more…)
Watershed 2020 elections: China gets short-term win; U.S. loses moral authority
Geostrategy-Direct By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Xi Jinping and his Communist Party of China (CPC) appeared to have won a stunning success by gambling on (more…)
Pompeo counters Chinese influence in potentially strategic Sri Lanka
Geostrategy-Direct Secretary of State Mike Pompeo led a U.S. delegation to Sri Lanka in late October aimed at shoring up the island nation’s commitment to democratic governance amid China’s (more…)
Out of synch: Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board at odds with new U.S. China doctrine
Geostrategy-Direct An influential Pentagon advisory panel is dominated by former officials, including 97-year-old Henry Kissinger, who are at odds with President Donald Trump’s hard-line policies toward communist China, analysts (more…)
Putin open to China-Russia alliance ‘in theory’
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the latest installment of the Valdai Discussion Club forum, commented on the possibility of a full military (more…)
After multiple messages to Taiwan, China gets one from top U.S. security official
Geostrategy-Direct As China continues to conduct war games that simulate an amphibious attack on Taiwan, a U.S. national security official is advising Taiwan to “start looking at some asymmetric (more…)
First meeting, in Tokyo, of informal ‘Asian NATO’ agrees on steps to counter China
Geostrategy-Direct The first official meeting of what United States officials hope will become an “Asian NATO” was held on Oct. 6 in Tokyo. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (more…)
State media promote China’s amphibious invasion threat against Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While the actual date of the amphibious exercises has not been revealed, Chinese state media on the weekend of Oct. 10 offered much coverage of (more…)