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Robert Farley

Robert Farley

Robert Farley is an assistant professor at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce.

Robert Farley is a senior lecturer at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce and a visiting professor at the U.S. Army War College.

His work includes military doctrine, national security, and maritime affairs.

He is author of The Battleship Book.

He blogs at Lawyers, Guns and Money and Information Dissemination, and can be found on Twitter at @drfarls.

Posts by Robert Farley
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July 16, 2018

The US Navy's FFG(X) Program Could Take a Nod From East Asian Shipbuilders

By Robert Farley
Should the next U.S. frigate come from the Pacific?
July 09, 2018

The Trade, Legal, and Institutional Implications of 3D Printing in the Indo-Pacific

By Robert Farley
Will 3D printing transform the geoeconomics of the Indo-Pacific?

July 03, 2018

3D Printing Is Here to Disrupt Asia's Security Order

By Robert Farley
The Indo-Pacific won't be immune to the effects of 3D printing.

June 16, 2018

No War But Trade War

By Robert Farley
The trade war that Trump has initiated will hurt the United States, but the hope appears to be that it will hurt the Chinese more.

June 15, 2018

The Consequences of Curbing Chinese STEM Graduate Student US Visas

By Robert Farley
Are the costs of curbing visas for Chinese researchers in the United States worth the perceived benefits?
June 05, 2018

The South China Sea Conundrum for the United States

By Robert Farley
What is left for the United States to do about China's militarization of the South China Sea?

May 29, 2018

The Missing Ingredient for a 355-Ship US Navy

By Robert Farley
What will it take for the U.S. Navy to get to 355 ships?
May 17, 2018

South Korea's Second Dokdo-class Assault Carrier and the Future of the ROKN

By Robert Farley
South Korea is wealthy enough and has a sufficiently robust shipbuilding industry to try its hand at larger carriers.

May 14, 2018

Could the US Navy Blockade China in Wartime?

By Robert Farley
Blockading mainland China presents a range of strategic setbacks for the United States.

May 09, 2018

Decoding China's Aerospace Technology Transfer Strategy

By Robert Farley
China’s own technology transfer policies may be keeping Chinese firms from accessing the world's most advanced equipment.

May 01, 2018

F-35 Brains in an F-22 Body: Thinking Through Japan's Next-Generation Fighter Options

By Robert Farley
Getting there won't be easy, but an updated F-22 is, in theory, a formidable concept.
April 24, 2018

Rethinking the Early Years of the US-Japan Alliance and Soviet Competition

By Robert Farley
The early years of the U.S.-Japan alliance in the post-war era were rocky.

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