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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.
December 21, 2012
Taiwan's East China Sea Peace Plan
President Ma has crafted a plan to solve the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands dispute. Could it work?
December 20, 2012
Small Navy, Strong Navy
Just because a smaller nation can’t deploy massive naval power does not mean it can’t be credible — or dangerous.
December 19, 2012
Daniel Inouye, R.I.P.
James Holmes remembers Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii.
December 17, 2012
History's Lens: How to Look at China
What is the better optic for looking at today’s China: Bismarckian/Wilhelmine Germany, or post-Meiji Japan?
December 14, 2012
China's Small-Stick Diplomacy Goes Airborne
With Chinese aircraft flying near disputed islands, Beijing seems to be employing a familiar strategy.
December 12, 2012
The Real Fog of War: Assumptions
“A lesson from 1905: to succeed in international competition, take off your cultural blinkers…”
December 12, 2012
Red Star Over the Atlantic?
Could Chinese naval vessels soon be on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean?
December 10, 2012
Woody Allen Meets America's Pivot to Asia
Seldom does anyone define what the pivot is. Maybe Woody Allen has the answer…
December 04, 2012
Beijing's Goal: A New Normal
By acting as though it exercises jurisdiction over disputed areas, China hopes to create a new status quo.
December 03, 2012
George Washington, Mao and Snooki
“That spontaneous revolt conjures up images of the Jersey Shore crowd rising up to battle an invading horde…”
November 30, 2012
A Cold War Solution for the South China Sea?
Could the 1972 U.S.-Soviet Incidents at Sea (INCSEA) Agreement be a model to reduce tensions?
November 29, 2012
One Landing Does Not Make a Carrier
While China’s new carrier has landed aircraft on the flight deck, major challenges still remain.