James R. Holmes

James R. Holmes is the J.C. Wylie chair of maritime strategy at the U.S. Naval War College and co-author of Red Star Over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy. The views voiced here are his alone.

Articles by James R. Holmes

A U.S.-made helicopter takes off from a frigate.

Taiwan Needs a Maoist Military

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James R. Holmes

October 17, 2019, 5:37 PM

Britain's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in New York on Oct. 19, 2018. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Britannia Helps Rule the Waves

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James R. Holmes

February 20, 2019, 6:00 AM

Russian President Vladimir Putin points at a map while inspecting the construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait, linking Russia and the Crimean peninsula, while aboard a helicopter on March 18, 2016. (Mikhail Klimenty/AFP/Getty Images)

Goodbye Grotius, Hello Putin

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James R. Holmes

November 29, 2018, 10:34 AM

A painting of the World War I Battle of Jutland shows the sinking hit of the British battlecruiser HMS Indefatigable shortly before its explosion on May 31, 1916. (Willy Stöwer/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The U.S. Navy Has Forgotten What It’s Like to Fight

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James R. Holmes

November 13, 2018, 10:37 AM

A postcard from World War I shows Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Paul Hauke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

World War I’s Depressing Lessons for Asia

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James R. Holmes

November 9, 2018, 10:19 AM

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