Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher With the March 7 announcement that China’s official defense budget for 2021 will increase by 6.8 percent from 2020, or in estimated adjusted terms to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Dossier: Post-Trump China Policy The Pentagon is keeping a lid on who exactly is formulating the Biden administration’s China policy. A new China Task Force has been formed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Emboldened by a lack of response by the Joe Biden White House, the Houthi rebels, under the direction of their benefactors in Iran, have launched a major offensive (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Pentagon’s decision years ago not to pursue the development of hypersonic missiles allowed China and Russia to advance far ahead of the United States in the field. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A new “full and unrestricted” international forensic investigation into the origins of the coronavirus is needed amid China‘s continued lack of transparency, a group of international virus experts (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Biden administration is conducting a comprehensive review of U.S. policy toward North Korea that the Biden Team said will lead to a new approach to how to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On March 3, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the main Japanese government space organization, outlined its plans to begin testing vertical take-off vertical landing (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Pity the poor Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) after its stunning loss of face in the “Battle of the Taiwan Pineapple.” The (more…)