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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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February 10, 2017

How the US Can Optimize Its Maritime Partnership Programs in Asia

By Robert Farley
A recent simulation offers insight for U.S. practice.
February 08, 2017

Room for Maneuver in Australia's Naval Aviation Plans?

By Robert Farley
Australia's longstanding procurement plans may merit reconsideration.

January 26, 2017

What's All the Buzz About Missile Defense, Anyway?

By Robert Farley
The political landscape for missile defense will likely shift under the Trump administration. How will that play out?

January 26, 2017

A US Navy Blockade in the South China Sea Is Not Sound Strategy

By Robert Farley
Rex Tillerson's South China Sea comments just don't make strategic sense.

January 15, 2017

How Does Industrial Espionage Affect Economic Growth?

By Robert Farley
A new economic paper argues that industrial espionage works.
January 08, 2017

Why Vietnam Has Turned Its Strategic Attention to the Sea

By Robert Farley
Vietnam's strategic turn toward the South China Sea presents a series of challenges for the country's defense planners.

January 05, 2017

'Optionality' and the Future of US Defense Procurement

By Robert Farley
“Optionality” may someday become one of the buzzwords that we simultaneously bemoan and find useful.
December 30, 2016

Is This What the Pentagon's 'Third Offset' Has Been Missing All Along?

By Robert Farley
Have changes to the U.S. industrial and technological sector posed new challenges for defense procurement?

December 13, 2016

Imperial Japan's Southeast Asia Offensive in Retrospective

By Robert Farley
Imperial Japan's Southeast Asia campaign is among the most successful series of military operations ever conducted.

December 13, 2016

Just How Wide-Reaching Are China's Economic Espionage Efforts?

By Robert Farley
Chinese economic espionage was never limited to just the United States or just one industry.

December 03, 2016

Lessons in Military Cooperation From Indian Ocean Counter-Piracy Ops

By Robert Farley
What can the lessons of naval cooperation in countering piracy off Somalia teach us?
November 30, 2016

With TPP's Demise, What Happens to US Intellectual Property Rights Abroad?

By Robert Farley
With TPP set to wither away, U.S. corporations will have to recalculate on intellectual property protections abroad.

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