The Biden-Xi Summit: A waste of time? Not if you look closely.
On November 15, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping met via video conference. In...
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.
Defending Taiwan: Think globally and ‘look up’
US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin said the other day that Chinese air force movements towards Taiwan look like a...
China’s long-term plan to grind down US presence in Asia: The Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands protestors set fire to government buildings and businesses in Chinatown on Friday to show their anger at the...
US misses golden opportunity in the Solomon Islands
Anti-government demonstrators in Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, last week demanded the prime minister step down, citing his...
Time for Japan and South Korea to bury the hatchet
For years, American diplomats and military leaders have been asking the South Koreans and the Japanese, “Can’t we all just...
When America talks – China doesn’t listen
President Biden will speak over the phone with Chinese leader, Xi Jinping on Monday. The Chinese dictator might be on...
Grant Newsham – Asia East by North: Japanese ‘pacifism’
Welcome to Asia, East by North. I’m Grant Newsham. Each week, Asia, East by North introduces a topic of current...
China’s Marine Corps: Every clime and place? Not yet, but one day
If (or when) the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launches an amphibious assault on Taiwan, the PLA Marine Corps (PLAMC)...
Japan’s Election: No drastic changes. Steady as she goes — and not very fast
Japan is holding an election for the Diet Lower House (think: U.S. House of Representatives) on October 31st. Japanese elections...
Beijing leverages Media Warfare to influence public and government opinion in Taiwan
Media warfare, also known as Public Opinion Warfare, leverages all instruments that inform and influence an adversary’s public and government opinion....
Taiwan’s military: ‘Break the glass’ before the fire starts
The Wall Street Journal recently broke the news that U.S. Special Forces and U.S. Marines have been secretly deployed to...
Grant Newsham on the global impact if China declares war on Taiwan
In this special episode, we sat down with two guests: Grant Newsham, senior fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic...
China sends its Air Force towards Taiwan: War on the horizon, or a tempest in a teapot?
Over the last week or so the People’s Republic of China (PRC) sent about 150 military aircraft – bombers, fighters,...
Japan’s defense awakening: Woke enough?
Japan’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) submitted a record defense budget request this year. What is the significance of this? An...
Grant Newsham: Asian perspectives on the Chinese challenge
Center Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham, joined the Westminster Institute to discuss the challenge the Chinese Communist Party poses to the...
China went to war a long time ago, but the US didn’t (want to) notice
President Joseph Biden spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the phone last week. Biden’s stated objective: To establish “guardrails”...