TODAY’S TOPICS:

  • The Washington Nationals are in the World Series!
  • Can the Marine Corps become “too committed” to a fight with China?  Specializing at the expense of other missions… making itself less useful to the nation?
  • What would war with China in the South China Sea look like?

We talk to Grant about all of that.

Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies and a retired United States Marine Officer. He was the first US Marine liaison officer to the Japan Ground Self Defense force and was instrumental in promoting the JSDF’s initial moves towards an amphibious capability.