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James HolmesForeign Policy |
Numerology is a potent force in human affairs. So is a deadline—especially when it’s clear fateful consequences will come to pass once the cutoff...
So it appears the congressionally mandated National Commission on the Future of the Navy has commenced work at long last. As Breaking Defense...
What You Need to Know: Japan faced insurmountable odds in WWII against the U.S. due to America's industrial and military supremacy. However, Japan...
When should you hazard pricey, hard-to-replace capital ships in battle? That question has vexed wartime naval commanders as long as there have been...
Last week Reuters broke newish news on a development years in the making. Namely, the U.S. Navy is experimenting with deploying Army Patriot...
Montana-class super battleships would have been nice-to-have assets for the U.S. Navy fleet during World War II and beyond. In a world of unbounded...
So I’ve been reading psychologist Philip Tetlock’s treatise on Expert Political Judgment . It’s a nifty piece of work, well worth your time....
Innovation should be purposeful, not whimsical. That’s the message from Naval History and Heritage Command historian Tyler Pitrof’s book Too Far...
Summary and What You Need to Know: Imperial Japan stood little chance of defeating the United States in World War II due to the vast disparity in...
It seems China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is not omnicompetent after all—sleepless efforts at image management notwithstanding. Last...
Lisa Franchetti is trying to break a paradigm. Admiral Franchetti is the newish chief of naval operations (CNO), or seniormost uniformed U.S. naval...
Troubles in the hallways? Change the culture. Everything a big institution does lies downstream from its culture. Institutions are groups. Culture...
A cheery huzzah! goes out to General Eric Smith, the newish commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. This week Marine Corps headquarters released his...
Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleships, built during the 1940s, continue to captivate public interest despite their retirement over...
The USS Constellation (FFG-62) frigate program is doing little to refurbish the U.S. Navy’s reputation for competence. Intended to deliver a...
Do Europeans support NATO? They certainly fret a lot about the future of the Atlantic Alliance. To hear them tell it, a return of Donald Trump to...
It has been a rare helter-skelter summer at the Holmes compound somewhere along the shores of the Narragansett Bay. Road trip to State College,...