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20th Century, Addressing Current Reality, Baltic, Black Sea, Briefing Room, Cold War, Dockyards & Ports, Europe, Force Structure, General, Institutions, Know your Enemy, Logistics, National Defence, National Security, Naval Engineering, Naval Intelligence, Naval Platforms, Norway, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Research, Procurement, Russia, Sea Power, Soviet Union, Strategy, Submarines, The Naval Review, Ukraine, Uncategorized

32 minutes, 45 seconds

Russian Navy Submarine Force in 2026

By Dr Achille Castrogiovanni,

12 Aug 26

Ed. The independent researcher provides a unique and comprehensive, based on open-source intelligence and source-audited, order of battle and assessment of deployability for the Russian Submarine Service. Now available in the NR‘s Briefing Room.

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20th Century, 19th Century, Addressing Current Reality, Amphibious Operations, Arms Control, Balkans, Baltic, Black Sea, Blockade, Campaigns, Civil-Military Relations, Civilian Vessels, Coast Guard, Coastal Forces, Conflict Resolution, Crimean War, Diplomacy, Economics, Europe, First World War, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Institutions, Iran, Law, Littoral, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Middle East, Military History, National Defence, Naval History, Oil & Gas, Political Theory, Red Sea, Risk Management, Sea Power, Second World War, Strategy, Submarines, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Turkey, UNCLOS, United States Navy, United States of America

26 minutes, 34 seconds

The Montreux Convention: A Model for Hormuz?

By Capt Peter Hore (rtd),

11 Aug 26

Ed. The author’s investigation into the history of maritime strait multilateralism, a pertinent example of the ad hoc nature of sea control resulting from a rules-based vacuum, and the alternatives available to regional powers. A 25 minute read.

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Admiralty, 20th Century, Armed Forces, Baltic, Black Sea, Civil-Military Relations, Coastal Forces, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Crimean War, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Education, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Law, Leadership, Letters, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Morale, National Defence, NATO, Naval Platforms, Operational Planning, Organisational Theory, People, Procurement, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Swedish Navy, Russia, Sea Power, Seapower, Service Culture, Shipbuilding, Strategy, Technology, The Art of Admirality, The Naval Review

10 minutes, 30 seconds

Letters to the Editor: The Future of His Majesty’s Navy and British Seapower & Beyond the Baltic

By Dr James W E Smith; Mike Ellis,

08 Jul 26

Ed. Two letters reflecting on cultural and doctrinal transformation in the NATO naval realm.

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20th Century, Admiralty, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Arctic, Armed Forces, Baltic, Budgets and Finance, Canada, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Education, Europe, Force Structure, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Industry, Institutions, Joint Expeditionary Force, Joint Forces, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, National Defence, NATO, Naval Staff, Nuclear Deterrence, Organisational Theory, People, Readiness, Russia, Service Culture, Shaping The Future, Strategy, The Naval Review, United States of America, Veterans

13 minutes, 23 seconds

The Post-American Posture: A ‘NATO First’ Imperative for the UK and Europe

By RAdm Tim Henry,

01 Jul 26

Ed. By the time you read this in the hardcopy, the NATO Summit in Ankara will have taken place. However, this article by the Naval Review’s Chairman gives a clear indication, and a warning, of the general direction in which the United States wishes to steer the Alliance. A 15 minute read.

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Addressing Current Reality, Air Defence, Amphibious Operations, Anti-Ballistic Missiles, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Armed Forces, AUKUS, Autonomous Vehicles, Baltic, Budgets and Finance, Canada, Coast Guard, Coastal Forces, Defence Industry, Equipment Capability, Europe, Force Structure, France, Geostrategy, Germany, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Italy, Joint Forces, Littoral, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Mine Countermeasures, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Modularity, National Defence, NATO, Naval Architecture, Naval Aviation, Naval Platforms, Norway, Nuclear Power, Portugal, Procurement, Project Management, Risk Management, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Swedish Navy, Sea Power, Shipbuilding, Spain, Submarines, Sweden, Technology, Turkey, USNI

14 minutes, 31 seconds

NATO’s Massive Shipbuilding Campaign

By Eric Wertheim,

19 May 26

Ed. The author, looking beyond the United States Navy, provides a survey of NATO’s current ambitious shipbuilding projects. Originally published in the USNI’s Proceedings, May 2026. A 15 minute read.

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Air Defence, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Arctic, Armed Forces, Baltic, Coast Guard, Coastal Forces, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Education, Environment, Equipment Capability, Europe, Finland, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Hybrid Warfare, Industry, Institutions, Joint Expeditionary Force, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Littoral, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Operational Research, People, Procurement, Professional Military Education, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Swedish Navy, Russia, Sea Power, Shaping The Future, Sweden, Tactics, Technology, Training

26 minutes, 57 seconds

Beyond the Baltic: Sweden’s emerging naval role in the North Atlantic

By Lt Marianne Hamilton Ekholm RSwN,

26 Feb 26

Ed. With insights from Royal Navy training, the author explores how Sweden’s naval role is evolving as it prepares to operate alongside Allied forces and beyond the Baltic Sea. A 25 minute read.

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19th Century, Armed Forces, Baltic, Black Sea, Blockade, Campaigns, Coastal Forces, Colonialism, Command & Control, Conflict Resolution, Defence Industry, Diplomacy, Dockyards & Ports, Equipment Capability, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Indo-Pacific, Japan, Learning From The Past, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Modernisation, Morale, Naval Architecture, Naval History, Naval Intelligence, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Planning, Operational Research, People, Readiness, Risk Management, Rules of Engagement, Russia, Russo-Japanese War, Sea Power, Service Culture, Strategy, Tactics, Technology, United States of America

11 minutes, 33 seconds

The Battle of Tsushima Straits and the Beginning of the Modern Naval Era

By Whitney Galbraith,

12 Feb 26

Ed. The author provides an overview of the Russo-Japanese War as a watershed for the naval history of the 20^th century. A 10 minute read.

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Baltic, Book Reviews, Finland, Geopolitics, Germany, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Naval History, Russia, Seapower, Soviet Union

0 minutes, 2 seconds

Latest Book Review, 27 January 2026

27 Jan 26

BRE. The latest book review is now available. Professor Andrew Lambert considers the proceedings of a 2022 conference on the navies of the Baltic Sea region during the interwar period.

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Armed Forces, Baltic, Black Sea, Book Reviews, Campaigns, Cold War, Command & Control, Doctrine, First World War, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Historiography, Hybrid Warfare, Military History, NATO, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Sea Power, Second World War, Soviet Union, Strategy, Ukraine

0 minutes, 1 second