Special to CosmicTribune.com, Jund 19, 2026 At the candlelit closing dinner of the G7 summit at the palace of Versailles, world leaders reflected on the advantages of apocalyptic regimes not having access to weapons of mass destruction which raises the question: Which is worse, a potentially nuclear-armed Islamist leader longing for the end of the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 18, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) revealed in August 2023 that it was working to compile a 100-year plan to populate the Earth’s nearby solar system. Thus, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) which specializes in long term plans would require large rockets to […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 12, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct, June 9, 2026 President Donald Trump on June 5 signed a national-security memorandum aimed at accelerating and securing advanced artificial intelligence (AI) applications for U.S. military and intelligence purposes. The National Security Presidential Memorandum “reflects a growing view inside the White House that U.S. security agencies are moving […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, JUne 9, 2026 If China’s state news agency Xinhua is to be believed, and it should not, President Xi Jinping’s visit to resource-rich North Korea on June 8, 2026, is a much bigger event than the recent state visits to Beijing by U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Seoul-based […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 4, 2026 On June 4, 1989, communist Chinese military troops and tanks stormed Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, violently crushing a student-led pro-democracy movement. The armed assault resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries. Lee Faulkner noted in a post to LinkedIn: This is what Hong Kong used to look like on the […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, June 3, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While it appeared to be a significant setback, the May 28 spectacular explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn reusable space launch vehicle (SLV) may not result in a huge delay in the Moon Base building plans of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). On […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 29, 2026 Taking note of the abundant analysis following the recent Trump-Xi summit in Beijing, Miles Yu, director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute had a modest suggestion: “Only clear-eyed realism, not summit theater, can preserve peace and freedom in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.” “Illusions do not preserve peace; […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 28, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher While President Donald Trump wants to have Americans return to the Moon by 2028, there is a great deal of preparation necessary to meet that goal, and on May 26, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) held a press conference to explain schedules and […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 21, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Elon Musk and his SpaceX Corporation have a great deal riding on the now twice-delayed May 21 (6:30pm EST) launch of their two-stage Starship V3, that at 5,300 metric tons (11.7 million pounds) fully fueled will be the largest ever space launch vehicle (SLV). A […]
Special to CosmicTribune.com, May 13, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An ominous new development emerged earlier this year during the build-up of United States military forces in the Persian Gulf region prior to Feb. 28, 2026 U.S. and Israeli war with Iran: China exposed that buildup with “commercial” satellite imagery made public on Chinese social […]
