FPI / December 9, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct At risk of losing a war with China while trying to defend Taiwan, the United States can deter a Chinese takeover of the geostrategic island nation via a strategy of non-military “deterrence by punishment,” the U.S. Army said in a journal report. The military balance across the 100-mile Taiwan […]
FPI / December 1, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher China used its official media to hint that it would use its air force possibly to shoot down aircraft carrying United States officials visiting Taiwan. While the Biden Administration has yet to respond that that suggestion, and probably will not in order to avoid showing fear, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 2, 2021 China is fully capable of a D-Day-level invasion of Taiwan and might not wait very long to unleash an attack as the communist regime of supreme leader Xi Jinping has designs on taking control of Taiwan’s production of global semiconductors, analysts say. Taiwan is “extremely vulnerable” to a Chinese […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Beijing’s communists are good at bullying; look at political crackdowns in prosperous Hong Kong, the suppression of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, and of course China’s ongoing military harassment of Taiwan, a democratically ruled island which the communists claim as part of the People’s Republic of China. Over the […]
FPI / October 7, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct China on Oct. 4 carried out its largest incursion inside Taiwan’s air defense zone to date, sending 58 warplanes, including 12 nuclear-capable bombers, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry said. The Oct. 4 flights bring the total aircraft flying into the air defense zone since late last month to 136 and […]
Special to WorldTribune, September 16, 2021 Jaushieh Joseph Wu After more than 200 million infections and over 4 million deaths and counting, the COVID-19 pandemic has raged across the globe. This has created a profoundly devastating socio-economic impact on our interconnected world, with virtually no countries spared. The pandemic has disrupted global trade, exacerbated poverty, impeded […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John McNabb The Afghanistan nightmare has just begun. Americans I know, love and respect have one question: How could this be happening in late August 2021? I have some insights based on personal experiences after my combat flying tours during the Vietnam War. But first we must look to the desk […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 17, 2021 In what analysts said was a predictable next step following the collapse of Afghanistan, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the military wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on Tuesday launched joint live-fire assault drills in multiple locations near Taiwan. The propaganda outlet Global Times reported: “The PLA […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 18, 2021 “When 28 Chinese warplanes streaked through the skies around Taiwan on [June 15] – the largest such incursion this year – they followed a pattern that has generated alarm among U.S. and Taiwanese military planners,” Bloomberg News reported June 16. “Some of the People’s Liberation Army planes, including bombers, […]
FPI / April 22, 2021 Geostrategy-Direct.com By Richard Fisher American allies are beginning to consider how they would militarily support the United States in the event it must respond to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. This after decades of encouragement which has recently become more urgent. The Australian Defense Forces were considering the kinds of […]
