James Holmes

James Holmes is an Associate Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College and co-author of Chinese Naval Strategy in the 21st Century: The Turn to Mahan. The views expressed here are his own.

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China’s Maritime Strategy Is More Than Naval Strategy

04.08.2011 James Holmes

The sporadic confrontations that punctuated the past two years in the China seas subsided for a time. Senior U.S. military officials depicted the lull as...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific

Ryukyu Chain in China’s Island Strategy

09.10.2010 James Holmes

In late August the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) intend to stage their first-ever island defense exercises in December....

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific

The Japanese Archipelago through Chinese Eyes

08.05.2010 Toshi Yoshihara

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) forces took to the East China Sea in late June for live-fire maneuvers. These naval exercises were widely interpreted...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific

Taiwan’s Navy: Able to Deny Command of the Sea?

04.16.2010 James Holmes

The first installment of this series on the Republic of China Navy (ROCN), or Taiwan Navy, presented a skeptical assessment of the ROCN’s ability to...

Publication China Brief China and the Asia-Pacific