Ripples from minor Russian mutiny make waves in Beijing
Geostrategy-Direct Though it was viewed in many circles as a minor uprising over money rather than a full-fledged coup, the short-lived mutiny in Russia by the Wagner Group private (more…)
Blinken and Biden telegraph American weakness in strategic benefit to CCP
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher From June 18 to 19, China received a United States Secretary of State for the first time in five years, with Sec. of State Antony (more…)
Hegemony watch: China’s on-again spy facility in Cuba, established in 2001
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a classic public-relations bungle, a June 9 leak by “U.S. officials” to the Wall Street Journal said that “China and Cuba have reached a (more…)
U.S. under Biden determined not to challenge looming China-Russia nuclear superiority
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a major June 2 speech before the liberal Arms Control Association, Biden Administration National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made clear that while Team Biden (more…)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: New nuclear threat ‘real’ and ‘rising’
Geostrategy-Direct The growing nuclear threat posed by China is “potentially catastrophic” and the United States needs to bolster its deterrence to deal with it, a group of senior specialists (more…)
Israel’s chief of staff ‘looking closely’ at option of preemptive strike on Iran
Geostrategy-Direct Israel may have no choice but to launch a preemptive attack on Iran if the Islamic Republic continues its advancement toward nuclear weapons, the chief of staff of (more…)
Noted: Japan’s significant responses to the CCP’s intensifying threats
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher There is a crucial dynamic that is feeding Japan’s growing role as a bulwark against China: The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership keeps threatening Japan, (more…)
Intelligence and military chiefs report to Congress on threat of war with China
Geostrategy-Direct While the threat of war with China is real, according to both U.S. intelligence and military leaders, commanders in the region are characterizing it in specifics rather than (more…)
U.S.-Philippines live-fire exercise shakes Beijing claims to South China Sea
Geostrategy-Direct China appeared unsettled after the United States in April engaged in a large-scale military exercise with its Philippine allies near the disputed South China Sea. “China has indisputable (more…)