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James Holmes
Everything old is new again. As in past ages, rising and established powers are gazing seaward–and thinking about how to use sea power to advance their power and purposes. Professor Jim Holmes sizes up the prospects for competition and cooperation in maritime Asia–looking back across history to catch sight of the future.
Cumulative Warfare: War by Statistics
By James R. Holmes
The Naval Diplomat reflects on the cumulative/sequential dichotomy of understanding warfare.
When Is a Strategy Not a Strategy?
By James R. Holmes
The Naval Diplomat revisits the history of the framing of the 2007 U.S. Maritime Strategy.
Taiwan's New Stealth Corvettes: Just What the Doctor Ordered?
By James R. Holmes
Taiwan's got a new tool in its sea-denial toolkit.
Securing Santa: Forging a US Arctic Strategy
By James R. Holmes
What should be the factors informing U.S. strategy in the Arctic Ocean?
Maritime Southeast Asia: A Game of Go?
By James R. Holmes
How much does the ancient game of Go, or weiqi, reveal about Chinese military strategy?
Here's the Thing About Battlecruisers...
By James R. Holmes
The battlecruiser experiment illustrates the perils of constructing a ship to fight one way and then using it to fight another.
Lasers! What Are They Good For?
By James R. Holmes
Lasers won't solve all the problems facing naval weaponeers, but they'll help address quite a few of them.
Strategy Is a Habit
By James R. Holmes
In training a new generation of strategists, its best worth recalling Aristotle's sage advice: strategy is a habit.
Land-Based Coastal Defense Is No Joke
By James R. Holmes
Let's not rush to mock Hagel for citing the War of 1812 as a precedent for contemporary strategy. He has a point.
Style, Warfare and George Washington
By James R. Holmes
There's reason to be grateful that the outcomes of wars aren't determined by committee.
How Machiavelli Explains Chuck Hagel's Resignation
By James R. Holmes
Scratching your head over Hagel's resignation? Let Niccolò Machiavelli explain!
Clausewitz, Kaplan and the Passionate Realist
By James R. Holmes
Reason guides realism, but passion is indispensable in the execution of policy.
Fighting Ebola? Read Thucydides
By James R. Holmes
Thucydides isn't entirely silent on the topic of civilizational encounter with plague.
Everything You Know About Clausewitz Is Wrong
By James R. Holmes
A botched translation of Clausewitz has had an enduring impact on our thinking on warfare.
Australia's First Naval Battle
By James R. Holmes
"November 9 is when the light cruiser HMAS Sydney met the light cruiser SMS Emden in action in the Indian Ocean."
China Could Still Build 'String of Pearls'
By James R. Holmes
Just because China hasn't built bases in the Indian Ocean yet, doesn't mean it won't in the future.
America’s Newest Destroyer Is Already Outdated
By James R. Holmes
To be effective, Zumwalt destroyers require command of the sea, which the US can no longer take for granted.
How to Reform Naval Education
By James R. Holmes
Require entry-level officers to learn what they need to know — while also allowing them to indulge their interests.
Relearning Anti-Submarine Warfare
By James R. Holmes
The U.S. Navy's post-Cold War holiday from history is drawing to a close—if it hasn’t expired already.
Relax, China's Aircraft Carrier Is Fine
By James R. Holmes
Reports of Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning’s death are greatly exaggerated.
How Seapower Can Win Hearts and Minds
By James R. Holmes
Like American politicians, the U.S. Navy needs to woo the American electorate to retain public support.
The US Can't Outsource Warfighting
By James R. Holmes
Offshore powers have long tried to get continental powers to fight their wars. It's rarely worked.
US Turns A2/AD Guns on China?
By James R. Holmes
Implements of land-based access denial are available. The US should seize it.
'Shock and Awe' the Islamic State
By James R. Holmes
The air campaign against the Islamic State needs to concentrate firepower in time.
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