Geostrategy-Direct Four months after the outbreak was first reported, the exact origin of the coronavirus is not yet known. Theories of the coronavirus origin range from a natural jump (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For decades China has rebuffed and rejected American and other Western appeals that it begin even the simplest of dialogues intended to simply increase transparency (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United Nations would be making a “terrible mistake” if it hands control of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to China, U.S. officials say. The WIPO oversees, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While flying 380 miles west of Guam on Feb. 17, a Chinese Type 052D destroyer fired a laser at a U.S. Navy Boeing P-8A Poseidon (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. military officials last week angered Moscow by conducting a simulation in which Russia and the United States traded nuclear strikes, Pentagon officials said. Defense Secretary Mark Esper (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s use of Xian Aircraft Corporation H-6K bombers to intimidate Taiwan on two consecutive days, Feb. 9 and 10, puts focus on China’s development of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct U.S. President Trump on Feb. 12 signed an executive order aimed at strengthening America’s ability to fend off disruptions of critical services like GPS. Trump’s order is aimed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Amid high tensions with the U.S., and sanctions imposed by the Trump administration that have devastated its economy, Iran is increasingly, and publicly, reaching out to China. Iranian (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Three times so far in 2020 the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has conducted offensive aerial blockade exercises against Taiwan: the first on Jan, (more…)
