Geostrategy-Direct, October 31, 2023 By Richard Fisher Apparently insensitive to the scheduling irony, China’s 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum for strategic military dialogue, starting on Oct. 29 and ending on (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, October 24, 2023 By Richard Fisher On Oct. 19 the United States Department of Defense (DoD) released the 24th edition of its annual China Military Power Report (CMPR). (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, October 17, 2023 By Richard Fisher China does not yet have three aircraft carriers but with its massive military-industrial complex and informal alliances with Russia, North Korea and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, October 10, 2023 By Richard Fisher One point is clear: while this story has been buzzing for nearly two months, no Western or Asian democratic government source has (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, October 3, 2023 By Richard Fisher Since the late 1950s non-Communist Taiwan has always been vulnerable to naval attack or blockade from much larger Communist China, which is (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, September 26, 2023 By Richard Fisher Since 2017 near daily Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) military activities around Taiwan with occasional large-scale exercises, have failed to coerce the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, September 19, 2023 By Richard Fisher Since the end of the Cold War the United States has led the democracies in isolating the North Korean terrorist regime, or (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, September 12, 2023 By Richard Fisher On Sept. 6, amid a broadcast North Korean ceremony, dictator Kim Jong-Un presided over the official launch ceremony of his new large (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, September 5, 2023 By Richard Fisher On Aug. 31 Japan’s Ministry of Defense requested a record budget of $59.9 billion for the fiscal budget year that begins on (more…)