The U.S. Navy Has an Image Problem (James Holmes, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-us-navy-has-image-problem-18027

Why Offshore Balancing Won't Work (James Holmes, The National Interest)

Offshore balancing: a superior U.S. grand strategy! Unless you try to execute it—in which case doubt abounds. A strategy that’s not actionable is no strategy at all.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-offshore-balancing-wont-work-17025

Beijing May Ignore the South Sea Ruling—But We Must Not (James Holmes, The National Interest)

Weeping, gnashing of teeth and rending of garments! Those were sounds emanating from Beijing following the July 12 ruling from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/beijing-may-ignore-the-south-sea-ruling%E2%80%94-we-must-not-16969

The Age of Great Sea Battles Isn't Over (James Holmes, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-age-great-sea-battles-isnt-over-16586

Revealed: How the U.S. Navy Would Destroy a Chinese Aircraft Carrier (James Holmes, The National Interest)

Ah, yes, the “carrier-killer.” China is forever touting the array of guided missiles its weaponeers have devised to pummel U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers (CVNs). Most prominent among them are its DF-21D and DF-26 antiship ballistic missiles (ASBMs), which the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has made a mainstay of China’s anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) defenses

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-the-us-navy-would-destroy-chinese-aircraft-carrier-16400

Submarines Must Learn to Play Zone Defense (James Holmes, The National Interest)

“Zone defense”? In submarine warfare? Fuhgeddaboudit: that’s basketball and football stuff, not maritime strategy. And yet the sports metaphor—the handiwork of U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove—instructs. It suggests the U.S. Navy needs to bulk up its fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs). Otherwise a growing mismatch between the demand for and supply of SSNs may force the “silent service” into suboptimal tactics, degrading the navy’s mastery of the seas and compromising America’s strategic position in important theaters. That would be a Bad Thing

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/submarines-must-learn-play-zone-defense-16160

A Longshoreman's Guide to Military Innovation (James Holmes, The National Interest)

The secret to being innovative is to innovate. Make it routine.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/longshoremans-guide-military-innovation-15562

Designing a Navy for the Twenty-First Century (James Holmes, The National Interest)

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/designing-twenty-first-century-navy-14728