Geostrategy-Direct A March 3 meeting in Taipei between former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was disrupted when Taiwan was hit by a widespread (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct After gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine developed a close relationship as a “strategic partner” with China. China bought an unfinished aircraft carrier from Ukraine (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Department of Justice has yet to name the foreign power which was to be the recipient of the sale of U.S. nuclear submarine secrets by a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Based on intelligence he has seen, former U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said he expects more criminal indictments will result from special counsel John Durham’s investigation (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Feb. 11 the Biden Administration White House released its “Indo-Pacific Strategy of the United States” strategy paper to emphasize the importance of Asia to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Analysis by Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Miles Copeland, a former officer of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and a onetime advisor to Egyptian President (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unique in that it maintains a stable of non-officials, journalists, academics and ex-officials, used to conduct political intimidation and (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Analysts have argued that destroying Taiwan’s highly lucrative semiconductor manufacturing facilities would make the island “unwantable” to China. But, while important, Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is not the top (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China’s increasing belligerence in the South China Sea and against the Philippines has prompted even the China-friendly administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to begin a (more…)