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Anti-Submarine Warfare, Armed Forces, Australia, Autonomous Vehicles, Budgets and Finance, Civil-Military Relations, Coast Guard, Combined Arms, Defence Engagement, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Diplomacy, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Economics, Equipment Capability, Force Structure, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Navy, Indo-Pacific, Industry, Institutions, Japan, Joint Forces, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Modernisation, National Defence, Naval Platforms, New Zealand, Organisational Theory, People, Procurement, Risk Management, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy, Sea Power, Service Culture, Technology

23 minutes, 38 seconds

Beyond the Binary: Choosing the Royal New Zealand Navy’s Next Frigate

By Jonathan Bannister,

01 Sep 26

Ed. Does the RNZN have its sights set on the right future frigate class? The author believes the answer requires asking difficult questions about force structure and doctrine rather than purely technical specifications. A 25 minute read.

308

20th Century, Civil Society, Communications, Diplomacy, Diversity & Inclusion, Europe, General, Geopolitics, Institutions, Language, Letters, Media, People, Political Science, Political Theory, Russia, Seapower

7 minutes, 46 seconds

Letters to the Editor: We are not in a ‘1937 moment’ & The Folly of Self Deception – A Musing

By Lt James Shelley RN; Jeremy Blackham,

27 Aug 26

Ed. Two calls for recognition of realism against hyperbole in the public geopolitical discourse.

371

Armed Forces, Campaigns, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Civilian Vessels, Education, Force Structure, General, Hybrid Navy, Institutions, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Mobilisation, National Defence, National Security, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Operational Planning, Organisational Theory, People, Professional Military Education, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Marines, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Navy, Sea Power, Second World War, Service Culture, Shaping The Future, Strategy, Training, Ukraine, Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Veterans

25 minutes, 13 seconds

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum: Training and Expansion in a Wartime RN

By CPO Thomas Cope,

25 Aug 26

Ed. This article aims to identify the issues the Royal Navy will need to anticipate if it is required to rapidly generate thousands of additional trained personnel during a major crisis. The author argues that planning, skills-based recruitment, modular training and scalable infrastructure must be established before conflict begins. A 25 minute read.

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19th Century, 20th Century, Admiralty, Armed Forces, AUKUS, Campaigns, China, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Defence Industry, Deterrence, Dockyards & Ports, Escalation, Europe, First World War, Geostrategy, Indo-Pacific, Institutions, Joint Forces, Learning From The Past, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Merchant Marine, Merchant Navy, Mobilisation, National Defence, Naval Architecture, Naval Engineering, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Organisational Theory, People, Procurement, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, Royal Navy, Sea Power, Seapower, Second World War, Shipbuilding, Strategy, Supply Chains, Technology, United States Navy, United States of America, USNI

16 minutes, 8 seconds

A Tale of Two Declines: The Collapse of British and American Shipbuilding

By MIDN C2C Eva Berry USNR,

06 Aug 26

Ed. Britain’s maritime rise and fall holds urgent lessons for a United States losing ground to China at sea and in the shipyard. Originally published in the USNI’s Proceedings, August 2026. A 15 minute read.

326

Admiralty, Air Power, Armed Forces, Blockade, Budgets and Finance, Campaigns, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Communications, Defence Industry, Economics, Education, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Geopolitics, Globalisation, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Institutions, Iran, Joint Forces, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Middle East, Ministry of Defence, National Defence, National Security, Naval Platforms, People, Readiness, Royal Navy, Russia, Sea Power, Seapower, Service Culture, Strategy, Tanker War, Technology, The Naval Review, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Ukraine, Uncategorized, United States of America

4 minutes, 10 seconds

Editorial: Naval Review 114/3

By Mike Beardall,

30 Jul 26

Ed. The vast population of this ‘sceptred isle’ is ‘sea blind’ or, if you prefer, ‘maritime illiterate’. We should acknowledge this as the steady state and the only thing that could change one’s appreciation would be total war.

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Admiralty, AI, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, BRNC, Budgets and Finance, Campaigns, Civil-Military Relations, Civilian Vessels, Coastal Forces, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Communications, Cyberwarfare, Defence Industry, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Falklands War, Force Structure, General, Geostrategy, Hybrid Navy, Industry, Infrastructure, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Law, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Mine Countermeasures, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Architecture, Naval Platforms, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, People, Procurement, Readiness, Risk Management, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Rules of Engagement, Russia, Sea Power, Shaping The Future, Strategy, Technology, Training, Ukraine

17 minutes, 34 seconds

False Hope – are large scale autonomous vessels the answer?

By Lt Patrick A Bingham RN,

16 Jul 26

Ed. This article explores some of the undiscussed issues and challenges facing the introduction of large-scale autonomous vessels under the ‘hybrid navy’ plan. The aim of this article is not to nay say and stick one’s head in the sand, but rather to identify the very real challenges facing implementation, their limits, and the importance of maintaining capable crewed warships to restore the RN fleet as a capable naval force. A 20 minute read.

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19th Century, 20th Century, Admiralty, Age of Sail, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Armed Forces, Campaigns, Carrier Strike Group, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Combined Arms, Communications, Defence Industry, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Early Modern, Europe, First World War, France, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Navy, Institutions, Iran, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Learning From The Past, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, Morale, Napoleonic Wars, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Staff, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Organisational Theory, People, Readiness, Red Sea, Royal Navy, Sea Power, Second World War, Service Culture, Strategy, United States of America

16 minutes, 41 seconds

What the 400th anniversary of the French Navy highlights for Franco-British naval relations

By Cdr Thibault Vallery-Radot MN,

14 Jul 26

Ed. For Bastille Day, the author considers the past and future of the relationship between the Marine Nationale and the Royal Navy, a vital pillar in the European defence architecture. With a foreword by the First Sea Lord. A 20 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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Armed Forces, BRNC, Cadets, Coastal Forces, Communications, Education, General, Institutions, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Mission Command, Modernisation, Organisational Theory, People, Professional Military Education, Readiness, Sea Power, Service Culture, Training

13 minutes, 4 seconds