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Rick Fisher
Rick Fisher is a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.
Summit Doublespeak Masks China’s Consistent Drive for Domination
Commentary During their early summit meeting in Beijing on May 14, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping ...
Thinking About China
May 29, 2026
Toward Dual-Use Deterrence on the Moon
It is necessary to have a backup plan that can deter China from aggressive behavior on the moon ...
Thinking About China
May 4, 2026
What the Reported Iranian Missile Barrage Against USS Abraham Lincoln May Reveal
Commentary Since the advent of the anti-ship cruise missile in the mid-1960s, there has been a cottage industry ...
Thinking About China
April 14, 2026
NASA Ignites Race for the Moon
Commentary “America will never again give up the moon.” This bold declaration was made by Jared Isaacman, administrator ...
Thinking About China
April 1, 2026
Make the Board of Peace the Iran Gateway for China
Commentary As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares for his delayed summit in Beijing with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) ...
Thinking About China
March 25, 2026
Chinese Regime’s Missiles Terrorize the Middle East
The United States has been tracking China’s missile technology assistance and missile sales to Iran since the mid-1980s.
Thinking About China
March 16, 2026
Space Dimensions of the Iran War
In the contest for strategic primacy being waged by China and the United States, there are direct lunar ...
Thinking About China
March 13, 2026
A Greenland-to-Patagonia Defense Axis
Commentary While President Donald Trump’s ambition to control Denmark’s massive territory of Greenland has many strategic merits, it ...
Thinking About China
January 14, 2026
North Korea’s Illegal, Proxy Nuclear-Powered Submarine
Commentary North Korea’s new nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), revealed as near ready for launch on Dec. 24, ...
Viewpoints
January 8, 2026
Countering China’s AI Threat
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to turbocharge its quest for domestic and global hegemony by achieving ...
Thinking About China
December 23, 2025
Checking Chinese Influence in Kuwait
Commentary The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a global effort to undermine and displace American influence ...
Thinking About China
December 8, 2025
How to Win the Race for the Moon
Commentary President Donald Trump has apparently made clear his desire that Americans return to the moon before the ...
Thinking About China
November 27, 2025
Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Nuclear Pact Leverages Decades of Chinese Nuclear Proliferation
Commentary On Sept. 17, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz ...
Thinking About China
October 5, 2025
Threat of a Chinese Nuclear Incident on the Moon
Commentary China, Russia, and the United States are planning to build nuclear power plants on the moon to ...
Thinking About China
August 26, 2025
Peace on Earth Before Peace in Space
Commentary There is an enduring myth, promoted largely by the well-meaning or the naive, that peace in space ...
Thinking About China
August 8, 2025
Don’t Lose the Race Back to the Moon
Commentary While turbulence on Earth threatens the goal of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration to return ...
Thinking About China
July 25, 2025
North Korea’s Chinese Nuclear Naval Bastion Strategy
Commentary North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must be sweating bullets now that Israel’s 12-day air bombardment and ...
Thinking About China
July 3, 2025
Steeling the US–Japan Alliance
Commentary As the United States seeks to counter the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific realm, bringing allies ...
Viewpoints
December 9, 2024
China’s X-Band Radar Can Create a National Missile Defense, Underscoring the Need for Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’
Commentary In President-elect Donald Trump's now famous list of “20 Core Promises,” No. 8 states: “Prevent World War ...
Thinking About China
December 3, 2024
Underestimating China’s Airpower Threat Again
Commentary Americans are united in their desire to deter war. As the U.S. Air Force (USAF) makes crucial ...
Thinking About China
July 11, 2024
China Aims to Dominate Boeing by 2049
Commentary The past few years have offered a tough run of bad news for the passenger airliner division ...
Thinking About China
May 26, 2024
Reversing Communist China’s Momentum in Latin America
Commentary With Argentina’s March 26 signing of a letter of intent to purchase 24 Lockheed-Martin F-16 fourth-generation fighters ...
Thinking About China
April 8, 2024
China’s Dual-Use Buildup in Antarctica
Commentary In a direct threat to American interests, China is systematically building up dual-use military-civil capabilities in Antarctica ...
Thinking About China
March 26, 2024
China Has Theater Nuclear Superiority in Asia
Commentary In some of the most important congressional testimony by a U.S. military official, it has been revealed ...
Thinking About China
March 18, 2024
US Should Work With Milei to Halt Communist China’s War Momentum in Latin America
Commentary Javier Milei’s victory in Argentina’s Nov. 19 presidential election runoff offers Washington a rare opportunity to blunt, ...
Thinking About China
December 4, 2023
The Key Takeaway From 2 Decades of China’s Military-Manned Space Program
The Chinese regime has no hesitation to arm its space stations and other large manned space platforms.
Thinking About China
November 7, 2023
Taiwan’s New Submarine Corrects a Strategic Mistake
Commentary Taiwan’s Sept. 28 launch of a new indigenous conventionally powered submarine begins to correct a longstanding failure ...
Thinking About China
October 13, 2023
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