The real moon race begins, this time with China
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A second race to the moon has commenced, this time it is the United States and China that will vie for the geostrategic advantage, potential (more…)
After Xi reportedly assured Biden, China escalated intimidation exercises
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Since the announced “conclusion” on Aug. 10 of its six days of missile, space, air, naval and cyber blockade exercises against Taiwan, China has maintained (more…)
Team Biden fails to demonstrate resolve in response to PLA moves against Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Dossier: U.S. Response to 2022 Taiwan Crisis The Biden Administration’s weak response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s desire to visit Taiwan has been compounded by (more…)
Pelosi shows up, telegraphs U.S. resolve after intense China threats, weak White House
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Though her visit is not yet complete, and China could still undertake direct military action, on Aug. 2, at about 10:40 pm local time, by (more…)
Risk analysis: Biden bows to China on House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On July 21, caving to Chinese threats, pressure and concerns from the Pentagon, President Joe Biden publicly discouraged the Speaker of the U.S. House of (more…)
South Pacific nation’s secret deal with China shocks region, Team Biden
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a dramatic move that increased tensions in the once tranquil South Pacific, the island nation of Kiribati quit the South Pacific Forum just before (more…)
Abe’s vision: Strategic interests of Japan, Taiwan, and U.S. are tightly-linked
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In the July 8 assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo Japan has lost a transformative leader who sought to better prepare Japan to (more…)
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command outlines preparations for war with China
Geostrategy-Direct Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the Hawaii-based Indo-Pacific Command, has detailed the weapons he said the U.S. needs to prepare for a future conflict with China. If war (more…)
Top commanders backed nuclear cruise missiles in rebuff to White House
Geostrategy-Direct In a rebuke to anti-nuclear leftists prominent in the Biden White House, the U.S. Congress has approved funding for a sea-launched nuclear cruise missile that had been slated (more…)