Geostrategy-Direct New, highly detailed images of China’s build-up on artificial islands show intricate radar installations, airfields, and naval gun emplacements, indicating the communist regime has essentially locked down the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Key United States officials have recently advanced the estimated timeline for a potential decision by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to invade Taiwan. Unfortunately, such (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While the Trump Administration took less than 12 months to issue its first National Security Strategy (NSS) in December 2017, it took over 19 months (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct At the 20th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress opening on Oct. 16, party general secretary Xi Jinping is poised to be granted an unprecedented third five-year term at (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China could follow any Russian use of nuclear weapons in or near Ukraine by demonstrating People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tactical nuclear weapons near Taiwan. Such (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Two newly-elected conservative European leaders, British Prime Minister Liz Truss and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, have signaled their support for Taiwan, even to include (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 15 during its summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Iran signed a “memorandum of commitments” to become the 9th full member of the China-dominated Shanghai (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 2, the Biden Administration announced the sale of $1.1 billion in arms to Taiwan. But considering the potential for a near-term Chinese invasion (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In moves that project a growing concern with China’s military buildup and aggression, Japan on Aug. 31 announced that its 2023 defense budget 5.59 trillion (more…)