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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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January 19, 2018

The Enduring Relevance of America's Reckoning With the Qing Dynasty

By Robert Farley
To some extent, the United States is still captured by the romantic notion of a “mission” with China.
January 15, 2018

Hawaii's Missile False Alarm Spurs Worries About US-North Korea War

By Robert Farley
How likely is war between North Korea and the United States?

January 12, 2018

INS Arihant Accident Raises Questions About the Sustainability of India's SSBN Force

By Robert Farley
The Indian Navy finds out how difficult the business of operating a sea-based nuclear deterrent can be.

January 02, 2018

Who Wants to Operate Carrier-Based F-35Bs in Asia? Apparently, Japan and South Korea

By Robert Farley
What to make of recent reports that Japan's Izumo-class and South Korea's Dokdo-class vessels may operate these fighters?

December 27, 2017

The Last Jedi and the Founding Mythology of the Chinese Communist Party

By Robert Farley
What the new Star Wars film and the Chinese Communist Party's founding myths have in common.
December 19, 2017

China's Bid to Dominate the Global Submarine Export Market

By Robert Farley
Chinese shipbuilders will increasingly assume an export profile commensurate with their domestic capabilities.

December 12, 2017

What Good Are the Indian Navy's Aircraft Carriers Against Pakistan?

By Robert Farley
Just how useful will India's carriers be in a potential future war with Pakistan?
December 05, 2017

The Achilles Heel of China's Air Force

By Robert Farley
The PLAAFs expeditionary capabilities remain weak.

December 01, 2017

When Does a Geographic Space Become a Geostrategic Community?

By Robert Farley
How does the United States fit into the Indo-Pacific?

November 21, 2017

Can China Replace the United States as the World's Top Arms Dealer?

By Robert Farley
How China could undercut the dominant U.S. market position in global arms sales.

November 21, 2017

Tillerson's State Department and the Politics of the Indo-Pacific

By Robert Farley
What’s going on at the Department of State and what impact will it have on U.S. diplomacy towards the Indo-Pacific?
November 05, 2017

Why the US Seized the Philippines at the End of the 19th Century

By Robert Farley
McKinley did not have much in the way of a well-thought out plan for seizing the Philippines.

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