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Alfred Thayer Mahan
August 24, 2020
Mahan, Corbett, and China’s Maritime Grand Strategy
By Andrew Latham
The shift from Mahan to Corbett is reflective of a major shift in Chinese grand strategy – one that has implications for the U.S. and the Indo-Pacific at large.
December 04, 2015
How Asians Came to See the Seas and Naval Strategy Like the West
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
Asians' perceptions of seapower have changed over time, but not as much as you'd think.
August 01, 2015
ANZUS and Asia – Part 1: Mahan, Midway and Modernity
By Andrew Davies and Benjamin Schreer
How central is Australia to the Asian regional order?
January 21, 2015
Is China Bidding for the Heartland?
By Francis P. Sempa
Beijing doesn’t have to choose between land and sea predominance. It could have both.
December 30, 2014
The Geopolitical Vision of Alfred Thayer Mahan
By Francis P. Sempa
One hundred years later, the insights of the American strategist continue to have extraordinary relevance today.
February 23, 2014
Strategy and the Tyranny of Maxims
By James R. Holmes
Military strategists need the intellectual toolkits to use bumper-sticker precepts knowledgeably and nimbly.
January 12, 2014
Does America Have Any Naval Strategists Anymore?
By James R. Holmes
Our navy needs to think strategically about its return to history -- before history comes a-knocking.
December 26, 2013
Sea Power: The Battle for Innovation
By James R. Holmes
Stasis is the enemy of competitive enterprises like sea power. But how to cultivate innovation?
December 24, 2013
Who is Air Power’s Alfred Thayer Mahan?
By James R. Holmes
Air Power is unique in not having a grand theorist on par with Clausewitz or Mahan.
October 31, 2013
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love a German Arms Race
Halloween or not, The Naval Diplomat is not scared of a German arms race. Quite the opposite in fact.
October 03, 2013
How the US Navy Handles Budget Cuts
During the post-Civil War cuts, the Navy’s physical and intellectual capital declined. Not so in the interwar period.
September 30, 2013
The Naval Diplomat's Top 10 Books About the Sea
James Holmes gives us his top ten books on naval warfare and diplomacy.
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