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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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Anti-Piracy, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Blockade, Budgets and Finance, Campaigns, Coastal Forces, Command & Control, Conflict Resolution, Convoy Operations, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Dockyards & Ports, Environment, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, Force Structure, From the Archive, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Historiography, Infrastructure, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Littoral, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Middle East, National Security, Naval History, Naval Intelligence, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Oil & Gas, Operational Planning, Operational Research, Persian Gulf, Piracy, Red Sea, Risk Management, Sanctions, Sea Power, Strategy, Submarines, Syria, Tanker War, The Naval Review, Trade Interdiction and Protection, United States Navy, United States of America
22 minutes, 52 seconds
A Middle East Close to Chaos: Syria; Iran; Israel, the US and the West
By Richard Little,
25 Mar 26
Ed. Originally published in November 2012 [100/4, p. 363], members may find this article from the NR’s archive instructive as to how geostrategic developments in the Persian Gulf have changed (or not) over the past decade and a half. A 25 minute read.
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Addressing Current Reality, Admiralty, Air Power, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Campaigns, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Dockyards & Ports, Doctrine, Economics, Environment, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Europe, First World War, Force Structure, France, Geostrategy, Germany, Hybrid Warfare, Industry, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Trade, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Procurement, Readiness, Red Sea, Risk Management, Russia, Sanctions, Sea Power, Strategy, Technology, Trade Interdiction and Protection, Ukraine, Uncrewed Surface Vessels (USVs), Uncrewed Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
31 minutes, 53 seconds
Living with the Ukraine War and its Consequences
By Prof Geoffrey Till,
06 Jan 26
Ed. The expert author continues his ongoing survey [113/1, p. 61] of the Ukraine War, providing updates on the conflict’s military, economic, and geopolitical developments, with the resulting implications for the Royal Navy. A 30 minute read.
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Armed Forces, Arms Control, Artificial Intelligence, Canada, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Cyberwarfare, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Diplomacy, Energy, Equipment Capability, Europe, Geopolitics, Hybrid Warfare, Institutions, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Morale, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Organisational Theory, People, Risk Management, Russia, Sanctions, Service Culture, Space, Technology, The Naval Review, Ukraine
2 minutes, 57 seconds
Editorial: Naval Review 113/1
By Mike Beardall,
22 Jan 25
Ed. Picture from HMS Scott‘s multi beam side scan sonar.
Following the Tsunami on Boxing Day 2005, HMS Chatham and RFA Diligence together with a number of sub units were deployed to assist as best they could. The Survey ship, HMS Scott, embarked British Marine Geologists and sailed to discover the cause of the subsea earthquake whose tidal wave was to take so many lives. The Indian Ocean plate is shown in purple and blue and disappears under the green and yellow of the Burma plate under normal conditions only several centimeters a year. The shift in 2005 was believed to be in the region of 20 meters causing the second largest earthquake ever recorded of 9.3 on the Richter scale. As the area had not been surveyed using modern techniques before an easy comparison was not available but it was clear that there has been much recent activity on the sea bed. The results of the analysis have helped oceanographers determine the best positions to site early warning systems.
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Addressing Current Reality, Air Power, Anti-Ballistic Missiles, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Artificial Intelligence, Australia, Black Sea, Blockade, Budgets and Finance, China, Civil-Military Relations, Command & Control, Communications, Defence Industry, Defence Reviews, Diplomacy, Doctrine, Environment, Europe, First World War, Geopolitics, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Warfare, Indo-Pacific, Iran, Japan, Law, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, National Defence, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Risk Management, Sanctions, Second World War, Service Culture, Strategy, Ukraine, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
22 minutes, 48 seconds
Endgame: Navigating the Ukraine War in a Turbulent World
By Prof Geoffrey Till,
02 Jan 25
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Addressing Current Reality, Air Defence, Armed Forces, Black Sea, Blockade, Defence Industry, Diplomacy, Dockyards & Ports, Equipment Capability, Europe, Geopolitics, Hybrid Warfare, NATO, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Weapons, Procurement, Russia, Sanctions, Strategy, Technology, Ukraine
23 minutes, 1 second
The Ukraine War: Another Year In
By Prof Geoffrey Till,
18 Jan 24
Ed. The author revisits the status of the Ukraine War, a year after his initial analysis [111/2, p. 18]. The failure of either side to deliver a knockout blow, and the systemic nature of new military technology, has reduced the conflict to grinding attrition with few prospects for definitive victory. A 25 minute read.
