James Holmes

April 16, 2025
How Trump Can Rebuild America’s Naval Strength
Stakeholders in the maritime enterprise must think in grand Mahanian terms about rejuvenating U.S. sea power. Trump’s new executive order charts a path forward—but...
April 11, 2025
Study a Forgotten War to Glimpse the Pacific Future
The U.S. Navy can learn much from the Russo-Japanese War—and from dueling interpretations of that conflict by naval theorists Alfred Thayer Mahan and Julian S. Corbett.
March 25, 2025
The Anti-Houthi Campaign Comes Up Short
Control represents the prime goal of military strategy, and air bombardment—no matter how relentless—cannot replace the power of boots on the ground.
March 15, 2025
The Strategic Logic Against a Ukraine Ceasefire
A measured, relentless advance applies political pressure. The more destruction looms, the more intense the pressure.
March 4, 2025
Modern-Day Privateers Could Fight Mexico’s Drug Cartels
What lawmakers are contemplating is a letter of marque that bestows the authority to execute an open-ended maritime campaign under supervision from Washington.
March 3, 2025
China Could Build an 'Island Chain' Around America
Mounting a standing presence in America’s backyard could pay handsome returns on a modest Chinese investment.
February 6, 2025
China’s Vulnerabilities Should Not Breed Complacency
The Chinese Communist Party and the People’s Liberation Army are unquestionably guilty of self-defeating behavior. But American military planners should not push their positive...
February 3, 2025
Seapower Is More Than Just the Navy
The White House should appoint some senior overseer, probably housed within the National Security Council, with the authority to manage all U.S. government endeavors relating to...
January 21, 2025
The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
The nature of the current strategic competition suggests that Trump will need to craft a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine radically different from Theodore Roosevelt’s. It will...
January 9, 2025
Don't Obsess Over 2027 on China
The year 2027 is just a year. We should remain watchful as it approaches, lest the prophets of automatic warfare prove correct, but we should neither relax our guard in the meantime...

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