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Ed. By the Editor – The author makes the case for renewed Royal Navy engagement with the Indo-Pacific theatre, not just in terms of military commitment, but also diplomatic positioning both in theatre and at home. A 5 minute read.

Ed. The author compares Germany’s self-defeating planning before the First World War, and the subsequent struggle to master attritional warfare, with the failure of deterrence in Ukraine and the battlefield ramifications, and makes an important historical point that bears repeating: As Moltke the Elder knew, no plan survives contact with the enemy. The dangers of attempting to force a political resolution through operational action are clear. Originally published in The Article, 1 June 2022 (https://www.thearticle.com/echoes-of-the-great-war-in-ukraine). A 10 minute read.

Ed. The author surveys the first year of the Russia-Ukraine War, from the grand strategic to the tactical and technical, always keeping the maritime dimension in mind. The lessons of the war thus far are both revealing, in terms of the weakness of unilateral military responses to strategic problems, and disconcertingly familiar from the history of Russia-Ukraine relations. A 40 minute read.

This article was updated for the Volume 111, Winter 2023, Number 1 edition of The Naval Review. Click here to […]

Last week’s apparent sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines emphasises an immediate  strategic vulnerability to European energy supplies; however, there […]

By the Editor – mid 20th century arrangements begin to creek up the pressures of 21st century realities.  Do countries […]

By the Editor – We have a predilection to considering all issues in binary terms – black and white, those […]