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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.
September 23, 2012
The Nightmare Scenario: A U.S.-China War: Part III
U.S. commanders should be narrow-minded when plotting a Pacific offensive (in geospatial terms, anyway).
September 20, 2012
The Nightmare Scenario: A U.S.-China War: Part II
“PLA anti-access defenses cannot hoist an impenetrable shield over the Western Pacific…”
September 19, 2012
The Nightmare Scenario: A U.S.-China War
The Naval Diplomat explores in a five-part series how events in such a conflict could unfold.
September 17, 2012
Small-Stick Diplomacy in the East China Sea
Tempers are flaring over islands claimed by Japan and China. Beijing has turned to a familiar strategy.
September 17, 2012
Visas as Anti-Access Weapons
Are researchers who fear being denied visas to China self-censoring their words in order not to offend?
September 13, 2012
Submarines for Taiwan: A Flight of Fancy
“Taiwan should forge an assassin’s mace that skims the waves—not one that dives beneath them.”
September 12, 2012
Movie Review: Battleship
If one looks past the technical inaccuracies, there is a lot to like.
September 11, 2012
The Home Team Anti-Access Advantage
Why A2/AD is a Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome version of the NCAA or NFL.
September 10, 2012
Anti-Access and the 'Fortress-Fleet'
Why regional powers need not run a naval arms race with the United States.
September 06, 2012
"Taipei must admit defeat in the arms race..."
Why a strategy of “sea-denial” maybe Taiwan’s best bet as China’s military strengthens.
September 05, 2012
John Wayne, The U.S. Navy and 'Change'
Can ‘The Duke” teach a lesson or two when it comes to dealing with radical change and defeat? Perhaps.
September 03, 2012
A Life Well Lived
The ancients weren’t the only exemplars of moral virtue and liberal thought. Some walk among us today.