Geostrategy-Direct In becoming the first sitting U.S. Secretary of State to visit the Federated States of Micronesia earlier this month, Mike Pompeo hailed the island nations of the Pacific (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China spent the week following the Aug. 2 U.S. departure from the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, criticizing Washington’s decision. A senior official pushed (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China’s nuclear forces remain couched in secrecy in large-scale underground nuclear storage and production facilities in a tunnel system dubbed the Great Underground Wall. The system is estimated (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In the first defense white paper it has released in several years, China identifies the United States as its main adversary, warns that it is set to use (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. State Department called out China for its continued “provocative” actions in the South China Sea, specifically its blocking of Vietnam’s energy exploration. “The United States is (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Through officials, military exercises and state media, China has escalated its threats against the United States for its latest announced arms sales to Taiwan. These (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct In the early hours of Saturday, June 29, U.S. President Donald Trump posted a bombshell tweet: “If Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China has confirmed the test firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SBLM) which the Pentagon said is capable of striking anywhere in the United States. The JL-3 SBLM (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher PARIS — At the 2019 Paris Airshow, China revealed new details about the world’s first air-launched hypersonic tactical missile, the China Aerospace Science and Industry (more…)