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Age of Sail, Blockade, Campaigns, Coastal Forces, Colonialism, Dockyards & Ports, Early Modern, Economics, Energy, Environment, Europe, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Iran, Law, Learning From The Past, Littoral, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Middle East, Naval History, Naval Warfare, Oil & Gas, Persian Gulf, Portugal, Sea Power, Seapower, Strategy, Supply Chains, Trade Interdiction and Protection
9 minutes, 29 seconds

Portugal in the Persian Gulf: Maritime Power and Strategic Continuity

By Capt Manuel Amaral Mota (rtd),
14 May 26

Ed. In the Sixteenth century, Portgual was a thalassocracy actively pursuing a strategy of maritime influence and control through the acquisition of strategic oceanic chokepoints – the kind Admiral Sir John Fisher would later describe as “the keys that lock up the world.” A 10 minute read.

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6 minutes, 54 seconds

Letters to the Editor: Attention to Port, The Power Station; Defence Select Committee

By Tearless; Ric Cheadle,
13 May 26

Ed. Two letters highlighting institutional learning, whether for better in the service of ceremonial fleet reviews or for worse in terms of political-bureaucratic stagnation.

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Addressing Current Reality, Age of Sail, Air Defence, Armed Forces, AUKUS, Australia, Blockade, Budgets and Finance, Campaigns, China, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Civilian Vessels, Conflict Resolution, Defence Industry, Diplomacy, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Energy, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, First World War, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Industry, Infrastructure, Institutions, Iran, Joint Forces, Law, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Media, Middle East, Mobilisation, National Security, NATO, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Oil & Gas, Persian Gulf, Readiness, Red Sea, Refugees, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Sanctions, Seapower, Strategy, Supply Chains, Trade Interdiction and Protection, United States Navy
16 minutes, 58 seconds

Farewell to the Royal Navy, The End of British Maritime Power

By Dr Mark Bailey,
12 May 26

Ed. With his trademark dissident perspective, the author tackles what he describes as the long-term decline of European and British maritime power, and compares the present situation in the Middle East with the financial consequences of the outbreak of war in 1914. A 15 minute read.

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Air Power, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Command & Control, Communications, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Planning, Sea Power, Second World War, Strategy, Submarines, United States Army, United States Navy, World War Two
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Latest Book Review, 15 May 2026

15 May 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. It considers a book providing a detailed case study of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, exploring the rationale for the raid and its execution.

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Campaigns, Command & Control, Diplomacy, Education, Europe, General, Geostrategy, Historiography, Institutions, Leadership, Learning From The Past, Littoral, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval History, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Philosophy, Political Theory, Professional Military Education, Sea Power, Strategy
15 minutes, 13 seconds

Reflections on History – The Peloponnesian War and Strategy

By Jeremy Blackham,
07 May 26

Ed. The author contemplates historical epistemology, with due regard to the Great Peloponnesian War and the nature of strategy. A 15 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Campaigns, Chemical & Biological Weapons, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Escalation, Ethics, Europe, Geopolitics, Hybrid Warfare, Institutions, Law, Middle East, Military History, National Security, Political Theory, Risk Management, Rules of Engagement, Strategy, Tactics, Ukraine
15 minutes, 26 seconds

The decline of international statute in modern conflict

By Capt Toby Kingsberry RM,
06 May 26

Ed. With John Mearsheimer’s ultrarealism firmly in mind, the author addresses the logic of abiding by, and violating, the international law of war. A 15 minute read.

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Arctic, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Budgets and Finance, Canada, Civilian Vessels, Climate Change, Coast Guard, Coastal Forces, Defence Reviews, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Environment, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Hydrographic Survey, Joint Expeditionary Force, Joint Forces, Law, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Ministry of Defence, NATO, Naval Platforms, Nuclear Power, Procurement, Risk Management, Royal Canadian Navy, Russia, Sea Power, Shaping The Future, Uncategorized, United States of America
33 minutes, 39 seconds

Looking North and South: The Future of Royal Navy Ice Patrol

By Capt Hugh Harris RN,
05 May 26

Ed. The author examines the state-of-the-art with regard to Polar icebreaker investment and development, and considers the relative cost for future RN procurement in increasingly competitive theatres. A 30 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Admiralty, Air Defence, Air Power, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Arctic, Armed Forces, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Campaigns, Civil-Military Relations, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, General, Geostrategy, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Institutions, Iran, Joint Expeditionary Force, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Morale, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, People, Philosophy, Procurement, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Marines, Russia, Sea Power, Service Culture, Strategy, Submarines, Technology, The Naval Review, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Training, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)
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Lead, Fight, Win: Reforming the Royal Navy to ensure that it is optimised for Warfighting

By General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE ADC RM, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff,
30 Apr 26

Ed. If the recent conflict in the Middle East has confirmed anything, it is that sea power remains essential to our nation’s prosperity. Much has been written about Operation EPIC FURY, the rapidly evolving threats we face and our ability to counter them, and how advances in drones, uncrewed and autonomous systems have forever changed the way we fight. But some things remain constant, as evidenced by Iran shutting the Strait of Hormuz, the vital maritime chokepoint through which a fifth of the world’s oil transits.

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