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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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Air Defence, Anti-Ballistic Missiles, Armed Forces, Arms Control, Budgets and Finance, Chemical & Biological Weapons, Civil Society, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Doctrine, Escalation, Europe, From the Archive, General, Geostrategy, Globalisation, India, Institutions, Iran, Iraq, Joint Forces, Middle East, National Defence, National Security, NATO, Nuclear Deterrence, Political Theory, Russia, Soviet Union, Strategy, Technology, The Naval Review, Turkey, United Nations, United States of America

15 minutes, 57 seconds

The Right to Interfere

By Alun Chalfont,

23 Jul 26

Ed. Originally published in July 2000 [88/3, pg. 204], this far-sighted article took aim at the inherent risk of ‘peace dividend’ logic in the increasingly volatile post-Cold War world, in which missile defence and nuclear proliferation were certain to become strategic concerns. A 15 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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Armed Forces, Budgets and Finance, Communications, Defence Reviews, Diversity & Inclusion, Doctrine, Economics, Equipment Capability, Escalation, Fleet Air Arm, General, Hybrid Navy, Institutions, Joint Forces, Leadership, Letters, Logistics, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Aviation, Naval Warfare, People, Readiness, Seapower, Service Culture, Strategy, Submarines, The Naval Review, Ukraine, Veterans

3 minutes, 28 seconds

Letter to the Editor: Hybrid Navy

By Jack the Lad,

23 Jun 26

Ed. A letter reflecting on the profound transformation taking place in terms of Defence, and the RN’s role therein.

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20th Century, Admiralty, Air Power, Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Campaigns, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Doctrine, Europe, First World War, Historiography, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Leadership, Learning From The Past, Logistics, Maritime Strategy, Military History, Mission Command, Morale, Naval History, Naval Staff, Naval Tactics, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Planning, Organisational Theory, People, Sea Power, Second World War, Service Culture, Strategy, Tactics, The Naval Review, Training, United States Navy

44 minutes, 47 seconds

Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay: Organisation, delegation and Operation NEPTUNE

By Bruce Pascoe,

18 Jun 26

Ed. A balanced and insightful investigation into the iconoclastic leadership style of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, master organiser and exacting operational planner. A 45 minute read.

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19th Century, 20th Century, Armed Forces, Australia, Biography, Civil-Military Relations, Cold War, Communications, Doctrine, Education, Equipment Capability, First World War, General, Geostrategy, Historiography, Leadership, Maritime Strategy, Memorialisation, Mission Command, Naval History, Naval News, Naval Staff, Naval Warfare, Operational Art, Operational Research, People, Political Science, Professional Military Education, Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power, Service Culture, Strategy, Tactics, Technology, The Naval Review, Uncategorized, Veterans

3 minutes, 11 seconds

Call for Papers: Essays in Honour of Rear Admiral James Goldrick

By Dr Sean Andrews,

12 Jun 26

Ed. Rear Admiral James Goldrick AO CSC RAN (Retired) (1958–2023) was a towering figure in Australian and international naval thought – a commander at sea and ashore, a scholar of maritime history, and a teacher whose influence reshaped generations of naval professionals. His life’s work bridged the helm and the classroom, the bridge and the seminar room, the Royal Australian Navy, and its partners around the world. Given the breadth of his influence across command, education, and maritime thought, this volume seeks to consolidate and extend that legacy through critical reflection.

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Air Defence, Air Power, Amphibious Operations, Armed Forces, Australia, Budgets and Finance, Carrier Strike Group, Coastal Forces, Cold War, Combined Arms, Command & Control, Defence Reviews, Deterrence, Doctrine, Equipment Capability, Europe, Fleet Air Arm, Force Structure, France, From the Archive, Geostrategy, Globalisation, Hybrid Navy, Infrastructure, Institutions, Joint Forces, Joint Operations, Littoral, Maritime Security, Maritime Strategy, Ministry of Defence, Modernisation, National Defence, NATO, Naval Architecture, Naval Aviation, Naval History, Naval Platforms, Naval Warfare, Nuclear Power, Procurement, Royal Air Force, Sea Power, Seapower, Service Culture, Shipbuilding, Strategy, Technology, The Naval Review, United States Navy

48 minutes, 24 seconds

Carrier 2000: A Consideration of Naval Aviation in the Millennium

By Cdr D R James RN,

04 Jun 26

Ed. Originally published in two parts in 1999 [87/1, p. 3 & 87/2, p. 105], the author elaborated with particular clarity the strategic, operational and doctrinal rationale for what is now the current RN carrier aviation capability in the Joint Armed Forces post-Cold War environment. A 50 minute read.

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Artificial Intelligence, Admiralty, BRNC, Cadets, Civil-Military Relations, Communications, General, Leadership, Letters, People, Psychology, Service Culture, The Naval Review, Training, Veterans

1 minute, 12 seconds