Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 12, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducted its largest intimidation exercise against Taiwan, launching 25 combat aircraft into the southwestern region of Taiwan’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher “Despite U.S. instigation, China has an edge in leading global affairs,” blared the Global Times headline on April 4. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The United States needs to strengthen its forces to counter China’s rapid military buildup and also must put deterrence forces in place to prevent the communists from moving (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China’s long-range missiles pose a significant threat to key logistical support operations on the U.S. West Coast, the commander of U.S. Northern Command warned. “In the foreseeable future, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. acting assistant defense secretary for Indo-Pacific affairs told Congress on March 10 that the controversial military exchange program with China could be renewed by Joe Biden’s (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher With the March 7 announcement that China’s official defense budget for 2021 will increase by 6.8 percent from 2020, or in estimated adjusted terms to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A China policy advisor to former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), following the 2003 Sars pandemic, made (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Biden administration has confirmed President Donald Trump’s legal declaration which rejects communist China’s emphatic maritime claims in the South China Sea. U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Biden administration on its sixth day halted a federal rule requiring schools and universities in the United States to disclose agreements with Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes. A (more…)