North Korea, Venezuela sign military agreement
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Oct. 2 in Pyongyang, one day after North Korea’s latest missile test, Venezuela and North Korea “signed a series of agreements pledging military and (more…)
China continues to step up operations to control South China Sea
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On the eve of China’s 70th Anniversary celebrations, the Chinese Ministry of Defense, on Sept. 26 stated that it “firmly opposes…[United States] attempts to militarize (more…)
Taiwan’s diplomatic loss could be China’s military gain
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 20, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu announced the termination of Taiwan’s diplomatic relations with the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati, with Wu (more…)
China to access $1.2 billion submarine base it is constructing for Bangladesh
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 12, a member of the Bangladesh Parliament disclosed that China will help Bangladesh build a new port to accommodate two Type-035 class attack (more…)
China joins Russia’s Tsentr-2019 military exercise
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher From Sept. 16 to 21, combined arms forces from Russia, China, plus India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan held the “Tsentr-2019” (Center-2019) military exercises (more…)
Joint air combat exercise with China preps Pakistani pilots for India
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher From Aug. 23 to Sept. 7, the Pakistan Air Force and China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) held the largest and most sophisticated of (more…)
Typhoon thwarted Chinese invasion exercise aimed at Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a stark demonstration that Mother Nature can pose a formidable and unexpected obstacle to potential Chinese plans to achieve “unification by force” with Taiwan, (more…)
North Korea developing solid-fuel ICBMs, UN Security Council report suggests
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A Panel of Experts gave a report to the United Nations Security Council on Aug. 27, with an Annex at the end of the 141-page (more…)
Fear in Taipei: Violent suppression in Hong Kong could precipitate Chinese attack
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher TAIPEI — During a meeting here on Aug. 26, a source close to the leadership of the government of Taiwan told Geostrategy-Direct of fears that (more…)