Blinken and Biden telegraph American weakness in strategic benefit to CCP
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher From June 18 to 19, China received a United States Secretary of State for the first time in five years, with Sec. of State Antony (more…)
Hegemony watch: China’s on-again spy facility in Cuba, established in 2001
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a classic public-relations bungle, a June 9 leak by “U.S. officials” to the Wall Street Journal said that “China and Cuba have reached a (more…)
U.S. under Biden determined not to challenge looming China-Russia nuclear superiority
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a major June 2 speech before the liberal Arms Control Association, Biden Administration National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made clear that while Team Biden (more…)
U.S. seeks trilateral East Asian cooperation, but needs to increase its firepower
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In 1985, then Associate Professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, Dr. Edward A. Olsen, wrote articles suggesting that Japan increase its share (more…)
Pentagon to boost ‘Pacific Deterrence Initiative’ in 2024 counter to China
Geostrategy-Direct The Pentagon intends to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in 2023 for new weapons in an effort to deter the growing threat from China, Defense Secretary Lloyd (more…)
Noted: Japan’s significant responses to the CCP’s intensifying threats
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher There is a crucial dynamic that is feeding Japan’s growing role as a bulwark against China: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership keeps threatening Japan, (more…)
Pompeo and Yoon break official silence on China-North Korea nuclear cooperation
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol and former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo think there should be greater recognition of China’s role in North (more…)
China escalates pressure with military aerial encirclement; Taiwan tests SAM
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For nearly six years China has been flying regular aerial intimidation missions around the democratic nation of Taiwan but on April 27, for the first (more…)
U.S. allies awaken, mount global pushback against rising Chinese aggression
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese aggression is on a roll, globally, and is now generating a global response. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CPP) April 8 to 10 second massive (more…)