Red Star Over the Pacific: A Conversation with James Holmes on China’s Maritime Rise

“Strategic triage” is a painful but sometimes necessary thing when you’re overcommitted–

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/456611-trump-is-triaging-afghanistan

Always ask how the Chinese Communist Party defines its terms –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/don%E2%80%99t-believe-china%E2%80%99s-commitment-peace-and-stability-70996

It’s doubtful he would have been the same sensation he was during his 1901-1909 tenure in the White House –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/alternative-history-if-theodore-roosevelt-had-lived-69566

The “small stick,” non-military implements of sea power, remains Beijing’s implement of choice for battering outmuscled Southeast Asian opponents –

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/454402-china-swings-a-small-stick-in-the-south-china-sea

Iranian strategy has a Napoleonic Wars flair –

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/ulcer-strategy-how-iran-can-wage-war-against-america-cheap-68037

Take a cue from the Soviet and Chinese navies: stop changing out leadership for change’s sake –

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-not-american-admiral-gorshkov-67207