Browsing: James Holmes

Dual U.S.–Iran blockades around Hormuz defy precedent, and neither side can count on a quick or decisive outcome.

The potential abandonment of Bahraini naval facilities threatens to collapse the U.S. maritime security architecture stretching from the Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific.

Air campaigns weaken capabilities but not resolve. Regime change is necessary for durable peace. Clausewitz: will is dominant variable.

“Taiwan should follow the Iranian lead, deemphasizing major platforms like fighter jets and capital ships while fielding a bevy of drones and stealthy missile corvettes.

An air-only regime-change campaign is untested and doubtful; can bombs alone unseat a regime? The Gulf will soon test this.