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James Holmes

Everything old is new again. As in past ages, rising and established powers are gazing seaward–and thinking about how to use sea power to advance their power and purposes. Professor Jim Holmes sizes up the prospects for competition and cooperation in maritime Asia–looking back across history to catch sight of the future.

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Five Ways to Make Maritime Strategists

Five Ways to Make Maritime Strategists

By James R. Holmes
Strategy should be as fundamental to an officer's education as mathematics and the sciences.
How the Weak Win Wars: China Edition

How the Weak Win Wars: China Edition

By James R. Holmes
The U.S. should not take too much solace in the fact that China’s defense spending lags behind its own.

Slouching Toward Offshore Balancing

Slouching Toward Offshore Balancing

By James R. Holmes
With America facing fiscal constraints, are lawmakers are absentmindedly adopting offshore balancing?

Time: Air Power’s Great Nemesis

Time: Air Power’s Great Nemesis

By James R. Holmes
Cumulative strategic bombing campaigns are rarely strategically decisive in themselves.

“Responsibility to Protect” Can’t Save Syria

“Responsibility to Protect” Can’t Save Syria

By James R. Holmes
R2P is just too sweeping to be practical, including in Syria. It’s time to search for more realistic options.
Where Abe’s WWI Analogy Falls Apart

Where Abe’s WWI Analogy Falls Apart

By James R. Holmes
Just one month into 2014, and the analogies to 1914 are already picking up.

The Right Way to Educate Navy Officers

The Right Way to Educate Navy Officers

By James R. Holmes
The Naval Diplomat offers a “No Officer Left Behind” solution to the STEM-Humanities debate raging inside the US Navy.
The Battle Over the Littoral Combat Ship Heats Up

The Battle Over the Littoral Combat Ship Heats Up

By James R. Holmes
The Pentagon and the Navy seek to frame the debate over the LCS as the budget is written.

Yes, The US Navy’s Been on a Strategic Holiday

Yes, The US Navy’s Been on a Strategic Holiday

By James R. Holmes
For the past 2 decades plus the US Navy hasn’t had to fight for command of the sea. Is it now hungover?

How Leaders Transform Organizations

How Leaders Transform Organizations

By James R. Holmes
In sports as in war, a good leader can bring change to big organizations and culture overnight.

Does America Have Any Naval Strategists Anymore?

Does America Have Any Naval Strategists Anymore?

By James R. Holmes
Our navy needs to think strategically about its return to history -- before history comes a-knocking.
The Return of China’s Small-Stick Diplomacy in South China Sea

The Return of China’s Small-Stick Diplomacy in South China Sea

By James R. Holmes
With a new directive China has appointed itself the sheriff over most of the South China Sea.

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