China’s one-two punch
In boxing there’s something called a one-two punch. You might deflect or evade the “one” but if you forget about...
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 keeps funding its main foe PRC
Alexandria, Virginia, US: In this edition of “Indo-Pacific: Behind the Headlines” we speak with Col Grant Newsham (Retd). Col Newsham has...
How the US and Australia can be real partners in the Indo-Pacific grey zone
The United States rightly considers itself a ‘Pacific nation’. It has been engaged there almost since its founding—and the US...
Japanese ‘Pacifism’: Huh?
A thoughtful article in Asia Nikkei the other day called for Japan to disavow pacifism and step up defense-wise. The authors are...
General Milley’s head-scratching performance on China and Taiwan leaves opportunity to excel
Last week the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, testified in the U.S. Senate that China has...
Webinar: Taiwan Invasion – How Would China Do It?
The incoming and outgoing heads of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command recently warned the U.S. Congress that a Chinese attack on...
Moon–Biden summit: A success? Too soon to say
Before South Korean President Moon Jae-in met with President Joe Biden in Washington on May 21, both sides worried the...
Shouldn’t America’s spies already know where COVID came from?
President Biden has given the U.S. intelligence community 90 days to figure out where COVID-19 came from. Really? American taxpayers just might...
‘Sticker shock’ awaits Defense Minister Kishi on promised spending
In an interview with Asia Nikkei on Wednesday, May 19, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said, “We will properly allocate the funding...
Japan’s looming disaster: Time to wake up
Suppose Mt. Fuji was rumbling, sending out tremors, venting steam, and scientists were 90% sure it would soon erupt. Japanese...
How Japanese PM wriggled out of tight spot regarding Taiwan during meeting with Biden
Or, How U.S. “Alliance Managers” & Joe Let Japan Off The Hook Amid the barrage of analyses of the April...
Asia, East by North: Interview with former high-level DPRK official, Ri Jong Ho
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham interviewed a high-level North Korean defector, Ri Jong Ho last week. Ho covered a lot...
Moon visits Washington: Caution advised
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is coming to Washington and will meet President Joe Biden on May 21. Moon’s term...
Taiwan as Donbas?: Subversion and insurrection vs. full scale invasion
In 2014, Russia’s Vladimir Putin seized large swaths of Ukraine with a hybrid technique utilizing both local insurgents and military...
Suga-Biden meeting: Promises … promises
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Joseph Biden met in Washington on April 16, and both sides declared...