Geostrategy-Direct, May 21, 2024 By Richard Fisher Taiwan’s developing democracy took another major step toward consolidation on May 20 when William Lai (Lai Ching-te) of the Democratic Progressive Party (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, May 14, 2024 By Richard Fisher A key element of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tactics to gain leverage over any confrontation, no matter how cruel or threatening its (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, May 7, 2024 By Richard Fisher After nearly two years of outfitting following its June 2022 launch, the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) first indigenously designed Chinese large (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, April 30, 2024 By Richard Fisher In his April 25 to 27 visits to Beijing and Shanghai, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought new stability in (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, April 23, 2024 By Richard Fisher Major militaries around the world have for decades struggled with how to best exploit the information revolution and rapidly emerging space capabilities (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, April 16, 2024 By Richard Fisher On April 13, Iran shattered precedent by launching its first major direct attack against Israel from Iranian territory that Israeli sources said (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, April 9, 2024 By Richard Fisher On April 2, North Korea for the first time tested a new mobile and solid fuel China-assisted intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, April 2, 2024 By Richard Fisher South China Morning Post (SCMP) articles touting a new whiz-bang Chinese military capability, especially by reporter Stephen Chen, are calculated agitprop intended (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct, March 26, 2024 By Richard Fisher Both India — Hindu but religious tolerant — and Pakistan — Muslim but far less tolerant — face enormous economic development challenges (more…)