S.C.M. Paine

American military historian at the US Naval War College whose work on Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars provides the historical context for understanding great power competition in Asia and the strategic significance of Taiwan.

Provides the most rigorous historical analysis of Asian great power conflicts — demonstrating how resource competition, institutional capacity, and strategic miscalculation drove outcomes in the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars — with direct implications for understanding China-Taiwan-US dynamics.