Commentary
Could a dispute over five uninhabited islands and three uninhabited reefs in the East China Sea really be the catalyst for the next great war?
US Credibility at Stake in the Senkakus
How eight uninhabited rocks could collapse America’s Indo-Pacific strategy
A Japanese patrol plane flying over Japan's Senkaku islands, located in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. Japan Pool/AFP/Getty Images
Rob Pierce
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Rob Pierce deployed as a Naval Intelligence Officer with SEAL Team THREE to Iraq and the Indo-Pacific and later served as a China analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He also has experience on Capitol Hill and at the State Department. He graduated magna cum laude Wake Forest University and with distinction from the Georgetown University Security Studies Program. He is currently a vice president at American Global Strategies.