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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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April 17, 2018

Why Do the US and China Take the Approaches to IP Protection That They Do?

By Robert Farley
What explains the divergent approaches between the two powers?
April 09, 2018

Looking Into the Report That Spurred Trump's Trade War With China

By Robert Farley
What are the national security assumptions driving Trump's acerbic trade policy toward China?

March 30, 2018

Stopping China's Intellectual Property Theft: What Trump Can Learn From His Predecessors

By Robert Farley
Trump has taken a much harder line on Chinese IP violations than his predecessors.

March 23, 2018

An F-35B for Japan's Izumo-class: Obstacles and Challenges

By Robert Farley
What does Japan need to consider before pursuing F-35B fighters for its helicopter destroyers?

March 20, 2018

How Does Japan View the US View of Preemption on the Korean Peninsula?

By Robert Farley
The Trump administration has decided to rhetorically investigate a policy that neither Seoul nor Tokyo can genuinely support.
March 07, 2018

Remembering USS Lexington's Story in the Pacific War

By Robert Farley
USS Lexington has been found.

March 04, 2018

The One Important Ingredient for Regional Hegemony That China's Still Missing

By Robert Farley
Hard power and wealth aren't everything in pursuing and maintaining hegemony.
February 27, 2018

How Can the US Manage a Rising China?

By Robert Farley
The United States needs to rethink how it approaches international order.

February 23, 2018

China's Rise and the Future of Liberal International Order: Asking the Right Questions

By Robert Farley
As China rises, what sort of challenge will it pose to the U.S.-led status quo?

February 17, 2018

What Could the United States Have Done – If Anything – To Prevent China's Rise?

By Robert Farley
The United States did not undertake the difficult and expensive steps necessary to prevent the economic and military rise of China.

February 04, 2018

Preventive Self-Defense Strikes Against North Korea May Set an Uneasy Precedent

By Robert Farley
What would the international legal consequences of a United States attack on North Korea be?
January 25, 2018

How Would a War Between the US and China End?

By Robert Farley
A new paper examines the contours of war termination in the U.S.-China context.

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