FPI / August 21, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A recent report reveals that one or more Western governments are concerned that China is in the process of proliferating satellite data services and satellite technology to Iran, that could eventually enable Iran to achieve precision targeting against Israel and then against global targets, for its […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 19, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Seeing an independent Taiwan as the greatest threat to its power, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is planning a brutal takeover of the island democracy by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and vows to sentence dissenters to death, including foreign institutions, organizations, and individuals who […]
FPI / August 16, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After 2035 or so, China intends to build a large Moon Base capable of supporting multiple astronauts, along with attendant unmanned exploration, power and communication support and construction systems. In 2021 this intention was mentioned in some of the initial documents released describing the then new […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 15, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Should the Democrat vice presidential candidate expect questions about his extremely close ties with America’s top geostrategic rival, communist China? Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a former six-term congressman from Minnesota, honeymooned in China and even planned his wedding date to coincide with the 5th anniversary […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 15, 2024 The collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban Islamic fundamentalists three years ago on Aug. 15th, signaled an inflection point on the geopolitical scene. While the appalling stupidity of the Biden/Harris Administration’s botched and humiliating withdrawal of American forces from this South Asian land stained and […]
FPI / August 14, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher As the Chinese government was basking in the glory of its athletes’ 40-gold medal performance at the July 26 to Aug. 11 Paris 2024 Olympic games, touting its “civilization,” the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was crushing the same in Venezuela, endorsing Dictator Nicholas Maduro’s stolen July […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2024 Contract With Our Readers In China, there is an expression for the practice of providing cover for the communist regime while issuing the occasional muted criticism: “big help with a little bad mouth.” Democrat vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is essentially an expert in that practice, according to a […]
FPI / August 7, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A curious article from the 2023 volume of China’s Journal of Deep Space Exploration (JDSE) appears to compare the merits of two modes of transport to the Moon, direct ascent with a super heavy space launch vehicle (SLV) versus a relay system using a small space […]
FPI / August 2, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China is heating up its race with the United States to dominate the Moon by proposing to increase its “Moon coalition” and by moving ahead with its initial Moon architecture. On July 21, in coordination with the United Nations’ designation of July 20 as International Moon […]
FPI / July 31, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct Geostrategy-Direct.com has for years frequently reported on how North Korea’s nuclear missiles threatening U.S. cities were built with Chinese technology, systems and components. See, for example: North Korea fires 10th ICBM, 3 days after ‘strategic’ huddle in Beijing, December 19, 2023. The U.S. Treasury Department on July 24 belatedly […]