Putin commits to Su-57 5th generation fighter
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During a May 15, 2019 meeting with military and industrial leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed that Russia would soon purchase 76 of the Sukhoi (more…)
Trump administration forces sale of Long Beach port owned by Chinese shipping giant
Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration has forced a Hong Kong-based firm which is owned by communist China’s state-run Cosco Shipping Holdings to sell its U.S. container port over security concerns. (more…)
Pompeo alerts Arctic Council to ‘subversion’ threats from China, Russia
Geostrategy-Direct Asserting that it “is America’s moment to stand up as an Arctic nation,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on May 6 warned China and Russia against “aggressive” (more…)
No mention of U.S. counterintelligence in Mueller report on Russian influence op
Geostrategy-Direct The Mueller report focused on the St. Petersburg, Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) as a major player in Moscow’s election meddling operation targeting the United States. The IRA’s (more…)
Russia lends ASW experience to China in first naval exercise of 2019
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Taking advantage of their gathering for the 70th Anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), from April 29 to May 4, 2019, the Chinese (more…)
Palestinian source reports ‘political and financial pressure’ from Arabs to accept deal
Geostrategy-Direct The Palestinian Authority (PA) is being pressured by the leaders of several Arab states to accept U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan, a PA source said. According to (more…)
U.S. announces combat boots on Moon; PLA convenes its own Moon conference
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In his historic March 26 speech, Vice President Mike Pence called on the United States to put “boots on the Moon” by 2024. Subsequently, Fred (more…)
Egypt breaks with ‘Arab NATO’ over its ties with Libya’s Haftar, Beijing and Moscow
Geostrategy-Direct Egypt has pulled out of the U.S. effort to bind Sunni Muslim Arab allies in an “Arab NATO” to counter Iran. Egypt conveyed its decision to the United (more…)
China doubles funding for its nuclear fusion research reactor
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China has decided to sharply increase the funding for its experimental nuclear fusion reactor called the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokomak (EAST) located in Hefei, Anhui (more…)