Grant Newsham on the South China Sea and Taiwan
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham appeared on the Epoch Times to discuss China's increased attempt to keep the United States...
Grant Newsham
Senior Fellow
Grant Newsham is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy. He also is a Research Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies focusing on Asia/Pacific defense, political and economic matters. Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel and was the first US Marine Liaison Officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. He also served as reserve head of intelligence for Marine Forces Pacific, and was the U.S. Marine Attaché, US Embassy Tokyo on two occasions.
Grant Newsham is a Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy. He also is a Research Fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies focusing on Asia/Pacific defense, political and economic matters. Newsham is a retired U.S. Marine Colonel and was the first US Marine Liaison Officer to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. He also served as reserve head of intelligence for Marine Forces Pacific, and was the U.S. Marine Attaché, US Embassy Tokyo on two occasions.
US-South Korea ties: Focus on economics as much as defense
On March 9, the Biden administration may have felt that it dodged a bullet when conservative Yoon Suk-yeol was elected...
US-Japan marines training should move towards bilateral warfighting capabilities
The joint training taking place in Camp Fuji sends out the message that the US and Japan are doing what’s...
China’s defense budget: Spending what’s necessary to beat the Americans
It’s that time of year when China announces its defense budget. This year, defense spending is set to increase 7.1 percent...
Understanding China’s defense spending
The Chinese are persistent and intelligent, and they have said where they intend to end up ー including taking territory...
Grant Newsham on the upcoming ROK presidential election
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham appeared on the John Batchelor show to discuss the upcoming South Korean election.
Ukraine invasion: Time for Beijing to rethink Taiwan
Xi Jinping and his people are no doubt paying close attention to events in Ukraine. They may not like what...
Japan’s defense: Amphibious progress
A decade ago, the word “amphibious” was taboo in Japan. It was too “warlike,” conjuring up in some minds images...
China—World’s fastest military rise: Grant Newsham
Now we turn to the tensions in the indo-pacific region involving China and Taiwan. The U.S. commander for pacific airforces...
Taiwan: A tasty target–chips or no chips
Countries go to war for many reasons—but to grab semiconductor plants would be a first. Taiwan is a global hub...
Defending Taiwan: Hardware alone isn’t enough
Sometimes one thinks Taiwan’s defense is just a question of hardware. Buy or build this-and-that weapon in the right quantities,...
Will China invade Taiwan in 2022?
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) predicts a Chinese invasion of Taiwan after the Winter Olympics. Maybe. Maybe not. It’s probably easier...
‘Critical to being able to project power throughout the region’: Grant Newsham on CCP’s Pacific threat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YggM3jIzFcY In this special episode, we sat down with Alex Gray, senior fellow with the American Foreign Policy Council, and Grant Newsham,...
Tonga: Where are the Americans?
Sometimes you get more than one chance to make a first impression. So it is with the United States and...
US needs to fix weaknesses in its Indo-Pacific strategy to counter China
In this edition of Indo-Pacific: Behind the Headlines we speak with Grant Newsham, a retired United States Marine Corps (USMC)...
Japan-Australia defense: The RAA is signed—Now what?
The Australian and Japanese prime ministers met virtually on Jan. 6 and signed a Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) that makes...