The Corbett 100 Conferences
4 International Conferences have been held for Corbett 100.
CORBETT 100 CONFERENCE
LONDON, MAY 25-26, 2022
The Corbett 100 Conference at King’s College London brings together international scholars, serving and retired military personnel and policy makers to mark the centenary of the death of Sir Julian Corbett.
The conference explores the life of Sir Julian and his scholarship on maritime strategy and naval history. The conference will discuss his enduring relevance to contemporary strategy, strategic studies and defence policy and why he remains one of the ‘great’ strategic theorists amongst contemporaries such as Carl Von Clausewitz.
The conference is central to the Corbett 100 project and starts a series of events.
Programme
Day 1
0930 – Arrival Refreshments
1000 – Welcome to King’s College London, the Corbett 100 Project.
Dr James W E Smith | Department of War Studies, King’s College London.
Sir Julian Corbett at Kings: setting an agenda?’
Professor Andrew Lambert | Laughton Chair for Naval History
Theme: Sir Julian Corbett, his Scholarship, and Perspectives
Panel 1. Corbett and the Evolution of Naval history
Chair and Presenter: Rachel Blackman-Rogers | PhD Candidate, King’s College London
-Dr Alan James | King’s College London ‘Making Sense of Tudor Naval Power’.
-Professor Richard Harding | University of Westminster ‘Corbett’s Seven Years War’.
12.00-13.00 Lunch – Council Room & Old Committee Room
13.00- 15.00 Panel 2. ‘The British Way of War’.
Chair and Presenter: Dr Hilary Briffa| Department of War Studies, King’s College London
-Dr Dan Whittingham | University of Birmingham ‘The British Way of War’.
-Dr Rob Johnson | Director of the Oxford Changing Character of War Centre.
‘Soldiers and Maritime Strategy’
-Dr Louis Halewood | University of Plymouth ‘The International Navy of the World’? Britain, the United States, and the Naval Balance of Power, 1919-1922’
15.00-15.30 Break - Council Room & Old Committee Room
15.30- 17.00 Panel 3. The Legal Dimension and International impact.
Chair and Presenter: Dr Gabriela A Frei | Jesus College, University of Oxford
-Dr Alan M Anderson ‘Corbett and International Law: The Immunity of Private Property at Sea.’
-Dr Jake J Widen ‘Impact and Influence: Corbett in Sweden’.
1700-1900 Reception – Council Room & Old Committee Room
Day 2.
0930 – Arrival Refreshments
Theme: Sir Julian’s Influence Beyond Britain
10.00 Welcome - Professor Andrew Lambert
10.10 – 12.00 Panel 4. The Sea Commonwealth & AUKUS Anticipated: Corbett in the Anglosphere.
1010: Chair: Dr James W E Smith | Department of War Studies, King’s College London | Corbett 100 Committee
-Dr David Kohnen, CDR USN (Ret) | U.S. Naval War College
‘Crossing the Atlantic: Corbett and the Development of American Maritime Strategy.’
-Lt Cmdr Mark Bailey PhD RAN | Australian Naval Institute.
‘Corbett, Empire and Commonwealth.’
12.00-13.00 Lunch – Council Room & Old Committee Room
Theme: British Maritime Strategy and The Royal Navy after 1945
13.00-15.00 Panel 5. Corbett’s Legacy and Maritime Strategy: Decline and Revival?
Chair: Lt Cmdr Mark Bailey PhD, RAN | Australian Naval Institute | Corbett 100 Committee
-Dr James W E Smith ‘The Abolition of Admiralty and the Continental Commitment.’
15.00-15.30 Break - Council Room & Old Committee Room
15.30- 17.00 Panel 6. Corbett and the Contemporary Royal Navy?
Chair: Dr David Kohnen, CDR USN (Ret) | U.S. Naval War College| Corbett 100 Committee
-Commander Andrew Livsey RN | Hudson Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford
‘The Royal Navy and Corbett 1990-2020.’
-Captain Kevin Rowlands RN | Head Royal Navy Strategic Studies
‘Some Principles of Maritime Strategy Making in the Royal Navy Today.’
1700: Closing Remarks and Keynote: Professor Andrew Lambert
17.30: End of Conference
2022 Goldrick Conference – A ‘Corbett 100’ Event
Australia, 21 September 2022
Adams Auditorium Australian Defence Force Academy
The 2022 Goldrick Conference on Indo-Pacific Maritime Strategy in the 21st Century brought together an outstanding array of 20 international and Australian speakers to discuss the future of maritime operations in our region.
In addition to a presentation by the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, the conference speakers included some of today’s most eminent naval and defence thinkers, providing an outstanding opportunity for anyone interested in Australia’s and the region’s security to gain insights from these leading experts in their fields.
The 2022 Goldrick Conference was held in partnership with the Australian Defence Force Academy, the University of New South Wales (Canberra), the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources & Security and the Sea Power Centre Australia. The industry partners were Thales Australia, ADROITA and the Australian Missile Corporation.
Presentation Speakers
Session 1
Setting the Scene Session Chair: Dr Liz Buchanan
0745-0825 Registration & Coffee/Tea
0825-0830 Introduction & Administrative Remarks Vice Admiral Peter Jones AO DSC RAN (Retired)
ANI President
0830-0835 Welcome
Professor Douglas Guilfoyle
Professor of International Law and Security
University of New South Wales (Canberra)
0835-0840 Sponsors’ Welcome Mr Chris Jenkins Thales Australia
0840-0845 A Message from Chief of Navy Australia Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AM RAN , Chief of Navy
0845-0910 Sir Julian Corbett – His Place among Maritime Strategists Dr John Reeve
University of NSW (Canberra)
0910-1010
Sir Julian Corbett & Indo-Pacific Maritime Strategy in the 21st Century
Professor Andrew Lambert FKC, Laughton Professor of Naval History at King’s College
London.
1010-1040 Morning Tea
1040-1110 Corbett & the Foundations of Naval Strategic Thought
Professor Kevin D. McCranie
The Philip A. Crowl Professor of Comparative Strategy
US Naval War College
1110-1125 Facilitated Discussion Dr Liz Buchanan
Session 2
Australian Perspectives on Maritime Strategy Session Chair: Ms Sarah Pavillard
1125-1200 An Australian Perspective on Corbett Going Forward Associate Professor Bec Strating
Executive Director of La Trobe Asia
1200-1240 Lunch
1240-1305 A RAN Perspective on Maritime Strategy Rear Admiral Chris Smith CSM RAN, Deputy Chief of Navy
1305-1335 AUKUS, Defence Industry and an Emerging Strategy Rear Admiral Lee Goddard CSC RAN (Retired)
1335-1350 Facilitated Discussion Ms Sarah Pavillard
Session 3
International Perspectives on Maritime Strategy Session Chair: Associate Professor David Kohnen
1355-1420 A US Perspective on Contemporary Maritime Strategy, Rear Admiral Jeff Harley USN (Retired) Senior Fellow, Center for Maritime Strategy Navy League of the United States
1420-1445 A Canadian Perspective on Contemporary Maritime Strategy, Professor Paul Mitchell, Professor of Defence Studies, Canadian Defence College
1445-1510 An Indian Perspective on Contemporary Maritime Strategy Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande AVSM IN (Retired)
1510-1535 Facilitated Discussion Associate Professor David Kohnen
1535-1550 Afternoon Tea
Session 4
Different voices on Contemporary Maritime Strategy
1550-1640 Panel 1 Evolving Indo-Pacific Maritime Strategies in the era of AUKUS Facilitated by Commodore Allison Norris
Mr Dongkeun Lee (ANU).
Associate Professor Ryan Wadle (USNWC)Dr Richard Dunley (UNSW)
Mr Justin Burke (Macquarie Uni)
1640-1725 Panel 2 Making Maritime Strategies to Government, the Military and the Public relevant Facilitated by Ms Miesje de Vogel
Associate Professor David Kohnen (USNWC)
Captain Alastair Cooper (SPC-A)
Dr John Nash (AWM)
Lieutenant Sarah Lucinsky (HMAS Creswell)
1725-1730 Concluding Remarks Dr Mark Bailey Corbett 100 Organising Committee
1900-2200 Speakers’ Dinner with ADFA Students ADFA Cadets Mess
Guest Speaker: The Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson AO.
“The League of Peace and a Free Sea”
Sir Julian Corbett and the Application of History in the Twenty-First
United States of America: 9-13 MAY 2023
0815 Welcome Remarks
Rear Admiral Shoshana S. Chatfield, U.S. Navy, President, U.S. Naval War College
0830 Keynote Address
Professor Andrew Lambert, Kings College London, ‘The Spectre of Navalism’ in the 21st Century
0900 Panel 1 – On Strategy from Clausewitz to Corbett
· Chair, Professor Geoffrey Till, U.S. Naval War College
· Professor Vanya Eftimova Bellinger, U.S. Naval War College, How to Plan a War with Limited Objectives:
Clausewitz’s War Plans from 1830-1831 and Corbett’s Evaluation of Them
· Professor Evan Wilson, U.S. Naval War College, Revisiting Corbett’s Campaign of Trafalgar
· Professor Kevin McCranie, U.S. Naval War College, Corbett as Strategic Thinker
1030 Break
1045 Panel 2 – “The League of Peace and A Free Sea”
· Chair, Dr. Ryan Wadle, U.S. Naval War College
· Dr. Jayne Friend, The University of Portsmouth,
Anglo-American Naval Relations and the Representation and Adoption of the Town-Class Destroyers
· Dr. Louis Halewood, University of Plymouth
Leading the ‘League of Peace:’ British Perspectives on Maritime Co-operation, 1899-1919
· Professor Jesse Tumblin, U.S. Naval War College, The ‘League of Peace’ and the ‘Storm Center:’ The British
Dominions in the Anglo-American Naval Relationship
1215 Lunch – Naval Staff College Wardroom
1330 Panel 3 – Cheer Up, There is No Naval War College
· Chair, Dr. David Kohnen, U.S. Naval War College
· Mr. Blackley, Independent Scholar, Laying the Groundwork for Sims: Albert P. Niblack as the First Inspector
of Target Practice and the Gunnery Revolution in the U.S. Navy
· Dr. Branden Little, Weber State University
‘The Unvarnished Truth:’ William S. Sims, Tracy B. Kittredge, and Naval History in Two World Wars
· Dr. John Kuehn, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth Kansas,
Corbett in History and the Future of American Maritime Strategy
1500 Break
1515 Keynote Address
Dr. John Maurer, U.S. Naval War College, The Washington Naval Conference – A Century On
1545 Panel 4 – The Conduct of An Oversea Naval Campaign
· Chair, Mr. Richard Frank, Pacific War History, Inc.
· Professor Mark Fiorey, U.S. Naval War College, Organized Confusion, The Building of Advance Base Lion-6
· Mr. Wil Painter, Retired
The Adventures of Wild Bill, The Covert Reconnaissance of CAPT Wilfred L. Painter, CEC, USNR
· Mr. D.M. Giangreco, Remarks on Second World War Research in the 21st Century
1715 Day 1 Summary Remarks
Dr. David Kohnen, U.S. Naval War College
Looking Outward to the Stars while Checking the Phosphorescent Wake – Corbett 100 and Beyond
1730 Conference Reception – Naval War College Museum
Thursday, May 11
0830 Keynote Address
Dr. Christopher Bell, Dalhousie University
British Grand Strategy in the First World War: Winston Churchill vs. Sir Julian Corbett
0900 Panel 5 – Corbett, MacKinder, and Contemporary American Strategy
· Chair, Dr. Nick Gvosdev, U.S. Naval War College
· Professor Geoff Sloan, University of Reading, Geopolitics as an Aid to Statecraft
· Dr. Len Hochberg, MacKinder Forum—U.S., Money-Power, Technology-Power, and Manpower: The
Contemporary Relevance of Halford Mackinder’s Grand Strategy
1030 Break
1045 1215 1315 Panel 6 – Corbett and Professional Education into the Twenty-First Century
· Chair, Dr. Jon Scott Logel, U.S. Naval War College
· Dr. Charlotte Hulme, United States Military Academy
Corbett, ‘Major Strategy,’ and the Issue of ‘Grand Strategy’ at West Point
· Mr. Thomas Duffy, U.S. National War College, Corbett and the National War College
· Professor Chuck Steele, U.S. Air Force Academy, Corbett Looming Over the U.S. Air Force Academy
Lunch – Naval Staff College Wardroom
Panel 7 – Corbett and International Law
· Chair, Professor Andrew Lambert, Kings College London
· Dr. Alan Anderson, Alan Anderson Law Firm LLC
Sir Julian Corbett and International Law: Does it Matter Anymore?
· Dr. Gabriela Frei, University of Oxford, Corbett and the Immunity of Private Property at Sea
· Professor James Kraska, U.S. Naval War College, Freedom of the Seas in Mahan and Corbett
Lunch – Naval Staff College Wardroom
Panel 7 – Corbett and International Law
· Chair, Professor Andrew Lambert, Kings College London
· Dr. Alan Anderson, Alan Anderson Law Firm LLC
Sir Julian Corbett and International Law: Does it Matter Anymore?
· Dr. Gabriela Frei, University of Oxford, Corbett and the Immunity of Private Property at Sea
· Professor James Kraska, U.S. Naval War College, Freedom of the Seas in Mahan and Corbett
Panel 8 – Global Perspectives on Corbett
· Chair, Captain Bryan Leese, U.S. Navy (Retired), U.S. Naval War College
· Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande, Indian Navy (Retired)
Corbett and Conundrums of India’s Continentality and Maritimeness; and the Role of the Quad
· Rear Admiral Katsuya Yamamoto, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Retired), Sasakawa Peace
Foundation, Corbett and the Indo-Pacific in the 21st Century
· Vice Admiral Peter Jones, Royal Australian Navy (Retired), Australian Naval Institute
Corbett and ‘Some Principles’ for the 21st Century
1630 Day 2 Summary Remarks
Professor Geoff Sloan, University of Reading, Corbett, MacKinder, and the 21st Century
Friday, May 12
0830 Keynote Address
Vice Admiral Peter Jones, Royal Australian Navy(Retired), Australian Naval Institute
Some Principles About Corbett and the Late Rear Admiral James Goldrick, Royal Australian Navy – Thirty Years
After ‘Mahan is Not Enough’
0900 Panel 9 – Americans ‘Looking Outward’ to Corbett and Beyond the Stars
· Chair, Commander Ryan Vest, U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval War College
· Mr. Trent Hone, ICF International
‘Crushing Blows:’ Sir Julian Corbett’s Influence on U.S. World War II Pacific Strategy
· Dr. Peter Luebke, Naval History and Heritage Command, Corbett and the Practice of History
· Professor David Winkler, U.S. Naval War College
Warnings from the Past in Contemporary American Maritime Affairs
1030 Panel 10 – Orbiting Corbett
· Chair, Professor Sam Tangredi, U.S. Naval War College
· Dr. John J. Klein, George Washington University, Corbett in Orbit: A Maritime Inspired Space Strategy
· Dr. James W.E. Smith, Kings College London
Corbett for the Next Generation of Strategists: From ‘Land-Think’ to ‘Seabed to Space’?
1200 Closing Remarks
Professor Andrew Lambert, Kings College London, ‘The League of Peace and a Free Sea’ in the 21st Century
Corbett 100: Naval Strategy in the 21st Century: From Seabed to Space
France, 2 and 3 Dec 2025.
This conference was held in France, by invite of the French Navy.
The Corbett 100 Project team present our fourth conference: “Naval Strategy in the 21st Century: from Seabed to Space”.
This naval strategy seminar sees scholars from the UK, US, France, Australia, Japan and the Netherlands look to the future of Naval Strategy.
A invitation only conference, open to online attendance on application.
2 December – Seminar Day 1
All times indicated are in Paris time (GMT+1)
Morning session
09:00 AM: Welcome Address & École Navale’s Tour
9:30 AM: Andrew Lambert, King’s College London : “The Corbett 100 initiative”
10:00 AM: Panel I: Naval Strategy: Methodological and Historiographical Perspectives
Olivier Chaline, Sorbonne Université, Corbett from an 18th-century specialist
Martin Motte, École Pratique des Hautes Études, The Navy of the Bourbon Restoration (1814 - 1830) : a reappraisal
Henk Warnar, Netherlands Defence Academy, The role of Corbett’s limited war theory in Dutch naval thought
Afternoon session
1:30 PM: Panel II: Corbett today and tomorrow: Operational Challenges.
Keynote Lectures for the cadets and staff of the École Navale.
Captain Keïto Ushirogata (online), Strategic Studies Department, JMSDF
Command and Staff College
Mark Bailey, Australian Defence Forces Academy
Andrew Lambert, King’s College London
4:00 PM: Ecole Navale’s Research Institute Tour
4:45 PM: Corbett today and tomorrow: Strategic Foresight
Roy de Ruiter, Netherlands Defence Academy, Strategic Foresight in the Dutch Navy
Andrew Young, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Center, RN Strategic Foresight and the challenge of amphibious operations.
Jean-Marie Kowalski, École navale, History of French Strategic Foresight since 1958
3 December – Seminar Day 2
All times indicated are in Paris time (GMT+1)
Morning session
09:00 AM: Panel III: Corbett today and tomorrow: Seabed warfare and SLOCs
Magali Michiels, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Protection of critical infrastructure in the North Sea
Lyna Maaziz, École navale, Law and politics in the undersea domain
Guillaume de Rougé, École navale, UxVs implications for tactics, operational concepts, and strategy