CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including...
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. “In Exercise Veer Guardian, Japanese F-2 fighter jets are deploying to India for the first time as part of four overlapping multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. Tokyo will also be training with Australia, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand in a series of increasingly complex drills designed to strengthen interoperability and regional deterrence. With an increasing number of these layered mini-alliances forming and rehearsing, is this a deliberate strategy by the US and Japan to create a new allied model of defense?…Open
President Donald Trump has said the recent meetings between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and the Prime Minister of Qatar went well. NTD discussed the U.S.–Iran talks with retired U.S. Marine Col. Grant Newsham, who is also a former U.S. diplomat, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and the author of “When China Attacks.” Watch hereOpen
CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham, quoted in The Business Standard article about Taiwan beefing up anti-ship missiles to help counter the threat from China. Read hereOpen
Grant Newsham explores Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s diplomatic mission to Vietnam and Australia to counter Chinese aggression. Takaichi is shifting Japan from purely economic influence toward a professional military posture. This approach is welcomed by Southeast Asian nations facing maritime bullying from China. Listen hereOpen
Grant Newsham. Retired Marine Colonel Newsham explains Japan’s participation in the Balikatan combat exercises in the Philippines. This shift toward active military training under Prime Minister Takayichi aims to counter Chinese aggression. Beijing strongly opposes this enhanced US-Japan defense link, fearing its combined strategic capabilities. Listen hereOpen
Retired Marine Colonel Grant Newsham spoke to NTD on the April 10 meeting between Taiwan’s opposition leader and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and what this means for the upcoming Trump-Xi meeting.Open
A member of the Iranian security forces stands guard next to a banner honouring Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on March 31, 2026. US and Israeli strikes hit military facilities in central Iran, damaged a major religious site in the northwest and provoked power cuts on March 31, after the US president threatened to blow up the country’s oil and energy plants. Officially, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is keeping its distance from the war in the Middle East; however, its private firms, including those with ties to its military establishment, are busy marketing U.S. wartime data to Iran. According to a report by The Washington Post , these Chinese companies integrate AI and open-source intelligence…Open
Pakistan is offering to host de-escalation talks between the United States and Iran. NTD discussed this development with Grant Newsham, a retired U.S. Marine Colonel, former U.S. diplomat, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and the author of “When China Attacks.”Open
The Return of Conventional Amphibious Warfare. Grant Newsham explains the deployment of Marine Expeditionary Units to the Persian Gulf. He argues this move validates traditional amphibious capabilities over recent “force design” strategies that focused solely on small, island-based missile teams. Listen hereOpen