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 Pro-China officials in the U.S. military and government who have long sought to “build trust” with the Chinese Communist Party’s forces may have convinced the Biden administration to (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China’s widespread and surprisingly effective global influence activities have gone largely unchallenged by the U.S. government despite the creation several years ago of the State Department’s Global Engagement (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…)
Geostrategy-Direct The woke United States military under Team Biden has adopted an inadequate information strategy to contend with China’s growing military clout, critics say. That lame strategy, critics added, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Key U.S. security agencies have for the first time directly sounded the alarm about Chinese government hacking operations. “The National Security Agency, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On July 5 Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso suggested that Japan might have to use military force to defend Taiwan. He said, “If a (more…)