Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Since about 2013 U.S. officials have been encouraging Taiwanese military planners to consider new “asymmetric” strategies and capabilities that attack People’s Liberation Army (PLA) weaknesses (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In budget documents released on Aug. 10, the Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Defense revealed that it intends to build that country’s first aircraft (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher One hour before the highest ranking United States official to visit Taiwan since the end of formal diplomatic relations in 1979, Health and Human Resources (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Japan has the full commitment of the United States to help with China’s ongoing incursions in waters near the Senkaku Islands, the commander of American forces in Japan (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On July 23, from the new Wencheng Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island, China launched its fourth successful Long March-5 heavy space launch vehicle to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As two U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers currently are exercising in the South China Sea, the July 18 South China Morning Post (SCMP) added perspective. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The U.S. State Department on July 9 gave its approval for Japan to purchase 105 single-engine Lockheed-Martin F-35 fifth-generation strike fighters. When acquired Japan will (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has expanded its military exercise and military posturing activity in East Asia over the past decade, the United States (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Could China be contemplating limited conflicts with both India and Taiwan later this year? There are conditions under which Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi (more…)
