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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.
Can America Build “Coalitions of the Willing?”
Joe Nye has outlined a cogent view of the future. Now we need a roadmap to get there.
Top 5 Lessons From The Battle of Gettysburg: 150 Years On
The clash “was about far more than repulsing a Confederate invasion of the North.”
The Real Source of American Power: Its Rivers
Control of the high seas is important; control of internal rivers is imperative.
Nathanael Greene: The American Insurgent
One hopes there are unorthodox leaders like Greene in the military today.
A Machiavellian Age of Sea Power
The U.S. Navy is being asked to do the unprecedented while having a weak hand.
China’s Naval Strategy: Mahanian Ends Through Maoist Means
The Naval Diplomat reviews how his 2010 book on China’s naval rise has stood the test of time.
How Chinese Strategists Think
Commentators err in reducing US-China competition to economic and military numbers. Competition is a human enterprise.
Grand Strategy and the Art of the Possible
Grand Strategists take note: it’s easy but not altogether useful to propose impossible remedies.
Will the Peace Dividend Sink the US Fleet?
With the benefits of supremacy remote, and the costs of a navy immediate, it’s difficult to sustain a fleet in peacetime.
Beware the "Thucydides Trap" Trap
Why the U.S. and China aren’t necessarily Athens and Sparta or Britain and Germany before WWI.
LCS: The US Navy's High-Value Skirmisher
Littoral Combat Ships are joining the fleet whether critics like it or not. Here’s how to use them.
No, Mil-to-Mil Ties Can’t Make the US & China Play Nice
Mil-to-mil ties can help on the margins, but can’t solve the fundamental clash of visions between the U.S. and China.