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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.
October 24, 2011
Dispatches from Honolulu
Hawaii is gearing up for the APEC summit. Not everyone is happy about dignitaries descending on the island.
October 23, 2011
Why Didn't Japan Finish Job?
The attack on Pearl Harbor could have been even worse for the United States. Why did Japan hold back?
October 19, 2011
Is China a Scorpion?
Aesop’s fable of the scorpion and the frog could offer an insight into China’s South China Sea assertiveness.
October 16, 2011
Modus Vivendis, Then and Now
Is it time for a diplomatic arrangement to govern maritime endeavours in the Western Pacific and China seas?
October 16, 2011
Modus Vivendis, Then and Now
Is it time for a diplomatic arrangement to govern maritime endeavours in the Western Pacific and China seas?
October 05, 2011
South China Sea Is No Black Sea
The idea that the United States should abandon Southeast Asia to China is misplaced. Asia isn’t another Georgia, says James Holmes.
October 05, 2011
Is the US a Reliable Ally?
Is the United States a less reliable ally for Taiwan than China is for North Korea? James Holmes thinks so.
September 20, 2011
India Looking East
An alleged warning by the Chinese military toward India may not have taken place. But it wasn’t implausible.
September 14, 2011
‘Carrier’ Profiles Sea Life
A documentary on the USS Nimitz gives a glimpse of life in a small town built on an ammunition dump and fuel depot.
September 14, 2011
‘Carrier’ Profiles Sea Life
A documentary on the USS Nimitz gives a glimpse of life in a small town built on an ammunition dump and fuel depot.
September 08, 2011
‘Counter-Bismarckian’ Diplomacy
The US has a careful balancing act to perform if it wants to modify its custodian role in the Asia-Pacific ‘commons.’
September 08, 2011
‘Counter-Bismarckian’ Diplomacy
The US has a careful balancing act to perform if it wants to modify its custodian role in the Asia-Pacific ‘commons.’