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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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September 25, 2015

Actually, US-China Relations are Remarkably Normal

By Robert Farley
China and the United States have a fairly normal relationship that they shouldn't take for granted.
September 21, 2015

How Do We Predict the Impact of US-China Relations on International Politics?

By Robert Farley
A new book by two political scientists helps us think about long-term predictions for the world.

September 11, 2015

For the First Time Since the B-17, America Might Have a Bomber Designed for Asia

By Robert Farley
The LRS-B could turn out to be the bomber that gives Washington the edge it needs in the Asia-Pacific.

September 03, 2015

Why Did Imperial Japan Surrender on the USS Missouri?

By Robert Farley
The choice of the USS Missouri was no accident.

August 31, 2015

Did the United States Ever Really Have a China Strategy?

By Robert Farley
Instead of engaging China, the United States could (with great cost) have isolated it.
August 24, 2015

Ghost Fleet and the Causes of War

By Robert Farley
In fiction, states may not need clear reasons to go to war, but reality is different.

August 14, 2015

Imperial Japan's Last Floating Battleship

By Robert Farley
Just one Japanese battleship survived to see the end of the Pacific theater of the Second World War.
August 06, 2015

For Much of Asia, World War 2 Ended After August 1945

By Robert Farley
Wars-of-continuation decided the fates of Vietnam, China, Korea, Indonesia, and much of the rest of the Asia-Pacific.

July 30, 2015

How the TPP Will Protect the United States' 'Third Offset' Strategy

By Robert Farley
The intellectual property provisions of the TPP will give the United States' "third offset" strategy teeth.

July 17, 2015

What Weapons Will a Post-Deal Iran Look to Purchase? Pretty Much Everything

By Robert Farley
With the Iran deal, Tehran will be looking to purchase arms. Who's selling?

July 10, 2015

America's Aircraft Carrier Challenge

By Robert Farley
The United States may operate 10 carriers, but it doesn't do so at the same time.
July 03, 2015

The American Colonel Who Changed Asia

By Colonel Robert Farley
Who is the most famous Kentuckian?

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