India’s Modi counters Chinese influence in the Maldives
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Following on his May 22 re-election victory, on June 8 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first overseas visit to the island state of (more…)
Shangri-La Clash: New U.S. strategy addresses China’s global threat
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Appearing before the annual “Shangri-La” dialogue in Singapore of Britain’s International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan indicated (more…)
China punctuates strident threats at Shangri La dialogue by firing new SLBM
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On June 2, 2019 Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe used the first appearance at Shangri La in eight years by a Chinese official of (more…)
Trump’s visit endorses Japan’s aircraft carrier ambitions, military buildup
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While concern over North Korea’s resumption of missile testing may dominate headlines coming out of U.S. President Donald Trump four-day May 25-29 state visit to (more…)
China’s aircraft carrier: South China Morning Post teases and disinforms
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a May 26 article in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP), veteran military issue correspondent Minnie Chan reported that China’s current conventional-powered aircraft (more…)
China defies Washington with airlift to Venezuela
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China continued its high-profile airlift to the Maduro regime in Venezuela, making a second Boeing B-747 cargo airliner delivery of 71 tons of medical aid (more…)
Taiwan reveals indigenous conventional submarine design
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Taiwan government’s determination to acquire a modern defensive submarine capability was demonstrated by the groundbreaking in the port city of Kaohsiung for new construction (more…)
Imagery of North Korea’s latest missile test reveals possible Chinese influence
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After a missile testing moratorium of 522 days, North Korea on the morning of May 4 (Korean time) at its test site in Wonson tested (more…)
China’s global power grab on display at 2nd Belt and Road summit
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Attendance by 40 world leaders and agreements worth $64 billion in projects highlighted the second April 25-27, 2019 summit of the Belt and Road Initiative (more…)