Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During and since the Cold War, the Soviet Union and then Russia, and the United States have maintained progressively sophisticated nuclear submarines and ships for (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Navy this month successfully shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a laser weapon installed on the USS Portland (LPD-27) San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Communist China’s deceptive behavior during the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has raised new concerns about Beijing’s activity in developing biological weapons, a report said. That activity could include population-specific (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The top technology issue after 5G is the world’s network of undersea cables, a U.S. government official told a Japanese researcher during a meeting in Washington, D.C. in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Chinese government has been known to advance propaganda themes like inevitability of China’s “rise” to global preeminence in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S.’s military supply-chain reliance on Mexico has been put in the spotlight by the coronavirus pandemic. The Pentagon has been in contact with Mexican officials in hopes (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct As U.S. and European firms see their assets fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, Chinese companies are reportedly swooping in with boatloads of cash to buy large stakes (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On April 11, days before the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) launches its second Type 075 landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ship, a fire (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct An unassuming mountain, which peaks at about 1,000 feet above the desert plateau 85 miles east of El Paso, Texas may be the U.S.’s answer to ending its (more…)