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James R. Holmes is the inaugural holder of the J. C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and previously served on the faculty of the University of Georgia School of Public and International Affairs. A former U.S. Navy surface warfare officer, he earned a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.

Articles by James Holmes

Mahan's Lingering Ghost

By James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara
December 2009
The master maritime strategist's logic and operational grammar of more than a century ago still have applications today.

A New Naval Diplomacy

By James R. Holmes and Andrew C. Winner
July 2007
Maritime cooperation between the United States and India is the key to bridging differences over the Proliferation Security Initiative. Maritime counterproliferation remains a hub of the Bush administration's foreign policy ...

WMD: Interdicting the Gravest Danger

By James R. Holmes and Andrew C. Winner
February 2005
The international community faces a daunting task if it wants to stem the flow of dangerous technology. The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) includes interdicting questionable shipments in international waters-here, a ...