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...
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.
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...
Japan’s defense improves slowly, pick up the speed
Change often comes so slowly in Japan that it’s easy to overlook. That’s especially true with the Japan Self Defense...
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...
Mr. Suga goes to Washington
Originally published by Japan Forward If Japan does not develop its own defenses into a serious force able to operate...
Is INDOPACOM’S Admiral Aquilino On A ‘Fool’s Errand?’
Originally published by AND Magazine The outgoing and incoming U.S. INDOPACOM commanders, Admiral Philip Davidson and Admiral John Aquilino, recently testified on...
China Attacks Taiwan By 2027 Or Sooner? Strong Indicators Abound…
Originally published by AND Magazine In early March, the outgoing Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), Admiral Philip...
China sensed weakness not strength in Alaska
Originally published by Asia Times While an early China challenge was expected and the Biden team stumbled badly in Anchorage,...