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May 31, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Wild West in the South China Sea

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The U.S. Army’s frontier wars have much to say –

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-us-army-1800s-would-understand-chinas-south-china-sea-strategy-159251

May 23, 2020 by navaldiplomat

China’s navy has overtaken Japan’s

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Reuters

What now?

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/has-chinas-navy-caught-and-surpassed-japan-157216

May 16, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Has Donald Trump killed grand strategy?

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Uh, no.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/us-grand-strategy-dead-thanks-donald-trump-155301

May 8, 2020 by navaldiplomat

What V-E Day teaches about pandemics

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Quite a lot, actually –

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-ve-day-can-teach-us-about-confronting-coronavirus-152236

May 3, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Maybe Russia isn’t such an enigma after all

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It’s a product of its history and primal forces that drive us all –

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-warlike-one-upmanship-works-russias-benefit-149991

April 21, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Tread carefully before starting a fight, Iran

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Iran views the pandemic as prime time for antics at sea — at its peril

The pandemic hasn’t left allied air power in that bad a state in the Persian Gulf region –

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/493691-iran-views-the-pandemic-as-prime-time-for-antics-at-sea-at-its-peril

 

April 19, 2020 by navaldiplomat

What if coronavirus came from a lab in Wuhan?

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There’s no going back to the U.S.-China status quo.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-donald-trump-should-make-china-pay-coronavirus-146027

April 16, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Write strategy in plain English . . .

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. . . or see it fall flat.

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/april/naval-integration-strategy-needs-be-written-plain-english

April 11, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Is China spoiling for a showdown in the East China Sea?

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Japan should be on guard.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/china-getting-ready-east-china-sea-showdown-143437

April 6, 2020 by navaldiplomat

Can you go to war against a pandemic?

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Reuters

Not really.

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-trump-cant-go-war-against-coronavirus-140777

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