Geostrategy-Direct China on Oct. 4 carried out its largest incursion inside Taiwan’s air defense zone to date, sending 58 warplanes, including 12 nuclear-capable bombers, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Team Biden is taking a conciliatory approach toward China, backing away from President Donald Trump’s hard-line policies, Joe Biden signaled in a key speech last week at the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Sept. 15, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and American President Joe Biden announced the formation of a new defense (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold sailed within 12 miles of one of China’s militarily built-up “reefs” in the South China Sea in a direct challenge to a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In 2013, Chinese supreme leader Xi Jinping said that “whoever controls data has the upper hand.” Xi’s regime is reinforcing its control over the economy and the lives (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher American credibility has suffered indeterminable but very likely long-term damage in the wake of the severely botched U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. After being convinced by (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China achieved a strategic goal with the withdrawal of American troops following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan but now faces a “double-edged sword” with a potentially hostile Islamic (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) adores power vacuums. They provide opportunities for the Party to expand its power for the least expenditure of resources. There (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher August is military exercise season, and China is conducting two simultaneous high-profile exercises, one with Russia and the other in the South China Sea. It (more…)
