Did Team Biden’s equivocation on Senkakus signal weakness?
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Deterrence is based on perception and if an aggressor perceives its target to be indecisive or part of a weak coalition, there may an increasing (more…)
Conflicted Europe makes a show of backing U.S. efforts to deter China
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Given the contradictions between its economic and strategic interests, can Europe ever reach a point of contributing to multilateral deterrence of aggression from the People’s (more…)
Asian neighbors amassing missiles in response to China’s massive arsenal
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China now has the world’s largest navy, is preparing for an invasion of Taiwan that may require over one million troops and is building a (more…)
USSTRATCOM warns China could increase nuke ‘stockpile’ by factor of 4
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China could increase its nuclear weapons arsenal by up to four times in this decade according to the commander of United States nuclear forces. This (more…)
China’s third LHD launch previews looming naval dominance by 2030
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Jan. 29, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) launched its third Type 075 large amphibious assault ship in fifteen months, the first emerging on (more…)
Beijing wastes no time in testing Team Biden’s ‘smarter approach’ to China
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a Nov. 16, 2020 article, Ana Swanson of The New York Times used numerous interviews with unnamed sources advising then President-elect Joe Biden to (more…)
North Korea’s China-assisted nuclear-hypersonics buildup to test Biden
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher North Korea poses two challenges to the incoming Biden Administration. First, having shown Donald Trump no willingness to reduce or eliminate his nuclear arsenal, in (more…)
Pompeo ends ‘Contact Guidelines’ with Taiwan, infuriates China, Team Biden
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Jan. 9 ended the onerous “Contact Guidelines” that had restricted diplomatic contact between Taiwan and U.S. Executive Branch (more…)
China begins 2021 by stepping up military intimidation against Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China enters 2021 with a continued and perhaps even intensified military intimidation campaign against democratic Taiwan. A Dec. 29, 2020 report in Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing (more…)