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James R. Holmes
James R. Holmes is a defense analyst for The Diplomat and a professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College where he specializes in U.S., Chinese and Indian maritime strategy and U.S. diplomatic and military history.
He is co-author of Red Star over the Pacific, an Atlantic Monthly Best Foreign Affairs Book for 2010 and a former US Navy surface warfare officer.
The views voiced here are his alone.
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June 20, 2016
Defeating China's Fortress Fleet and A2/AD Strategy: Lessons for the United States and Her Allies
By James R. Holmes
China's built a fortress fleet to operationalize its A2/AD ambitions. How can the U.S. and her allies counter this?
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May 23, 2016
What the US Can Learn From Its Own History About a Naval Logistics Agreement With India
By James R. Holmes
How would the United States have seen LEMOA 69 years out from its independence?
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January 10, 2015
Cumulative Warfare: War by Statistics
By James R. Holmes
The Naval Diplomat reflects on the cumulative/sequential dichotomy of understanding warfare.
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January 07, 2015
When Is a Strategy Not a Strategy?
By James R. Holmes
The Naval Diplomat revisits the history of the framing of the 2007 U.S. Maritime Strategy.
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December 30, 2014
Taiwan's New Stealth Corvettes: Just What the Doctor Ordered?
By James R. Holmes
Taiwan's got a new tool in its sea-denial toolkit.
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December 25, 2014
Securing Santa: Forging a US Arctic Strategy
By James R. Holmes
What should be the factors informing U.S. strategy in the Arctic Ocean?
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December 20, 2014
Maritime Southeast Asia: A Game of Go?
By James R. Holmes
How much does the ancient game of Go, or weiqi, reveal about Chinese military strategy?
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December 19, 2014
Here's the Thing About Battlecruisers...
By James R. Holmes
The battlecruiser experiment illustrates the perils of constructing a ship to fight one way and then using it to fight another.
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December 13, 2014
Lasers! What Are They Good For?
By James R. Holmes
Lasers won't solve all the problems facing naval weaponeers, but they'll help address quite a few of them.
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December 11, 2014
Strategy Is a Habit
By James R. Holmes
In training a new generation of strategists, its best worth recalling Aristotle's sage advice: strategy is a habit.
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December 06, 2014
Land-Based Coastal Defense Is No Joke
By James R. Holmes
Let's not rush to mock Hagel for citing the War of 1812 as a precedent for contemporary strategy. He has a point.
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December 03, 2014
Style, Warfare and George Washington
By James R. Holmes
There's reason to be grateful that the outcomes of wars aren't determined by committee.
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