Grant Newsham is a senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, a senior research fellow at the Center for Security Policy 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.  He joined ALL MARINE RADIO today to talk about:

  • US Navy sub that hit “something?”  Huh?
  • Chineses espionage is in the news agian — how much of this activity do we catch?
  • China’s President Xi talks “reunifiication” — (1) Who is his audience?  (2) How have events in Hong Kong impacted Taiwan? (3) How has the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, responded?
  • Thoughts on Congress’s recent Afghanistan Hearings