EPISODE · Mar 29, 2022 · 41 MIN
Ep. 23: James Holmes on Sea Power
from School of War · host The Free Press
James Holmes, the J.C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College, joins the show to discuss sea power, the war in Ukraine, and the possibility of war in the Pacific Times 00:58 - Introduction 01:57 - Time spent considering Russia and the NATO alliance’s naval power 04:05 - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grand strategy 05:35 - What does Ukraine mean to Putin? 06:58 - The Crimean War 10:32 - Closing the Bosporus 16:15 - Does the war end well for Putin? 21:28 - Zelensky’s survival 23:12 - Worst-case scenario for Putin 25:43 - What the outcome in Ukraine will mean for Taiwan 28:35 - China’s challenge in Taiwan 31:02 - How security concerns in the early American Republic influence China’s thinking 35:25 - Should the United States shift national security focus to Asia? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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James Holmes, the J.C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College, joins the show to discuss sea power, the war in Ukraine, and the possibility of war in the Pacific Times 00:58 - Introduction 01:57 - Time spent considering Russia and the NATO alliance’s naval power 04:05 - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grand strategy 05:35 - What does Ukraine mean to Putin? 06:58 - The Crimean War 10:32 - Closing the Bosporus 16:15 - Does the war end well for Putin? 21:28 - Zelensky’s survival 23:12 - Worst-case scenario for Putin 25:43 - What the outcome in Ukraine will mean for Taiwan 28:35 - China’s challenge in Taiwan 31:02 - How security concerns in the early American Republic influence China’s thinking 35:25 - Should the United States shift national security focus to Asia? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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