Germany enables China’s first deployment to Europe
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese Navy ships have been visiting European ports for many years but now, for the first time, Chinese Army troops and armor have deployed to (more…)
Wei Fenghe confirms the obvious: China’s belt and road initiative is power projection
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Since its 2013 announcement by Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping himself, Western leaders have been concerned that China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) program (more…)
U.S. sale of M1A2 Abrams heavy tanks seen helping Taiwan repel PLA invasion
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As part of a $2 billion weapons sales package, the U.S. Congress has been notified about the sale to Taiwan of 108 General Dynamics M1A2 (more…)
U.S. Marines distributing Pacific forces to complicate Chinese targeting
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Always on the front lines of United States defense strategy, the U.S. Marines are preparing to distribute their Western Pacific based forces. The action is (more…)
China’s navy reacts to intense maritime activity by U.S., Japan, Canada
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The last two weeks of June were marked by intense activity undertaken by China and Western navies. During the week of June 17, the People’s (more…)
Report: New base in Australia to offer strategic access to U.S. forces
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Secret planning has been underway to build a new Australian port about 40 km Northeast from the current port of Darwin, which primarily would host (more…)
In first, China openly tests anti-ship ballistic missile in South China Sea
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On June 29 or 30, China tested its anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) in the South China Sea, according the U.S. government sources who disclosed to (more…)
President Trump enters North Korea, jumpstarts nuclear negotiations
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Every U.S. President (except George HW Bush who visited as Vice President) has made a visit to the tense and symbolic South Korea-North Korea border (more…)
China bases J-10 fighters at militarized South China Sea islands
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China has for the first time reportedly deployed its Chengdu Aircraft Corporation J-10 fighters to its Woody Island base in the Paracel Islands in the (more…)