Geostrategy-Direct, August 11, 2026 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan signed their trilateral Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, or what they call the “Mecca Agreement,” (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, August 4, 2026 By Richard Fisher American ally the Philippines and China are engaged in a “half-war” over the possession of Scarborough Shoal, a coral reef about 200 (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 28, 2026 South Korea is a key U.S. military ally, with an estimated 30,000 U.S. troops stationed on the Korean Peninsula. So it may come as a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 21, 2026 By Richard Fisher It is not enough that the Philippines has suffered greatly from China’s aggression in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea), but (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 14, 2026 By Richard Fisher Chinese Communist Party forces are interested in “increasing their influence at a minimum, and hegemony in the longer term,” said Australian Prime (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 By Richard Fisher China and Russia held an aerial nuclear coercive exercise with nuclear capable bombers on Jun 27. But then, from July 3 to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, June 30, 2026 By Richard Fisher It is now major military exercise season in Asia and in late June 2026 there have dueling United States-led and then China-Russia (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, June 23, 2026 By Richard Fisher On June 17, 2026, China’s State Council released a White Paper titled a “More Just and Equitable Global Governance: China’s Principles, Proposals (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, June 16, 2026 By Richard Fisher New Chinese “grey zone” aggression against Taiwan and the Philippines not only mark an escalation in Chinese military coercion since the May (more…)
