Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As the world was watching for any possible Chinese crackdown on the million-strong June 9 protests in Hong Kong, on June 11 the People’s Liberation (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After the June 5 Russia-China summit meeting in St. Petersburg, Russian leader Vladimir Putin told reporters that China-Russia agreement on major issues had reached an (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher According to organizers, about one million Hong Kong citizens packed streets, or one in seven of its residents, for a June 9 protest of China’s (more…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)