Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The challenge of defending the Earth from Asteroids, once a stock headline for tabloids, is now emerging as a preoccupation of the United States, China (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Becoming a leading space power requires three ambitions. First you must secure your access to the Earth-Moon System by not letting China take it away. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Terrestrial military confrontations between China and the United States, such as on the Taiwan Strait or in the South China Sea, also now extend into (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Jan. 19, American leading vertical-launch-vertical-landing (VTVL) space launch vehicle (SLV) innovator SpaceX scored a coup against China. In doing so, however, it will likely (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher By the middle of this year China is expected to have begun construction of its first large space station. Given its importance to China’s larger (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A deepening Cold War on Earth between China, its supporters and the West, could be mirrored by a similar standoff on the Moon. While the (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A Chinese press report indicates that China may be planning to build 60 of its Long March-9 super heavy space launch vehicles (SLVs) over a (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Editors’ Note: With this edition, Geostrategy-Direct introduces a new weekly feature: ‘Space’ In its aerospace sector the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership values redundancy, which (more…)