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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.
July 12, 2013
America Needs an Enemy in the Arctic
The Obama administration’s Arctic strategy assumes there will be tranquility. That’s wishful thinking.
July 11, 2013
China’s New Naval Theorist
Beijing’s efforts to impose a new normal on the South China Sea are more Selden than Zheng He or Grotius.
July 09, 2013
Don’t Worry About China’s String of Pearls….Yet
China may have strategic designs in the Indian Ocean but bringing them to fruition will be tough.
July 05, 2013
The Military Needs a War on Jargon
“Plainspoken language conveys meaning; convoluted or vague language can disguise it.”
July 05, 2013
Can America Build “Coalitions of the Willing?”
Joe Nye has outlined a cogent view of the future. Now we need a roadmap to get there.
July 01, 2013
Top 5 Lessons From The Battle of Gettysburg: 150 Years On
The clash “was about far more than repulsing a Confederate invasion of the North.”
June 28, 2013
The Real Source of American Power: Its Rivers
Control of the high seas is important; control of internal rivers is imperative.
June 26, 2013
Nathanael Greene: The American Insurgent
One hopes there are unorthodox leaders like Greene in the military today.
June 25, 2013
A Machiavellian Age of Sea Power
The U.S. Navy is being asked to do the unprecedented while having a weak hand.
June 21, 2013
China’s Naval Strategy: Mahanian Ends Through Maoist Means
The Naval Diplomat reviews how his 2010 book on China’s naval rise has stood the test of time.
June 19, 2013
How Chinese Strategists Think
Commentators err in reducing US-China competition to economic and military numbers. Competition is a human enterprise.
June 17, 2013
Grand Strategy and the Art of the Possible
Grand Strategists take note: it’s easy but not altogether useful to propose impossible remedies.