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Reforge Britannia’s Trident or Close the Shop?
Third part of series of papers for the (UK) Naval Review Journal reflecting on the urgent need for reform of navies as they face a crisis over the…
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Dr James W.E. Smith
Education of seapower transcends a change of government
Warships IFR Magazine Article September 2024.  The politicization of defence is undermining a national strategy and the shape of navies warn us so.
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Dr James W.E. Smith
Is it time to Revisit Defence Unification?
Organisational Utopias for defence do not exist and bruiting centralization and jointness for the sake of it avoid the big questions. Is it time to…
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Dr James W.E. Smith
The Future of the Royal Navy Rests on Restoring British National Strategy.
Warships IFR Magazine Article June 2024.
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The Art of Admiralty, Maritime Strategy, and the Island Nations: Britain, Australia, and Japan
An chapther for the ADFA/ANI Publication.
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Sir Julian Corbett and Maritime Strategy at 100: A Long Hard Look in the Mirror
A century after the death for Sir Julian Corbett, I reflected on the implications of Corbett’s maritime strategic thought for Britain’s evolving defence…
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Dr James W.E. Smith
The Admiralty and the ‘Art of Admiralty’
An extended version of 'What is Art of Admiralty' for The Naval Review journal specially written for military personnel and civilian defence staff.
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Dr James W.E. Smith
Re-learning from Corbett: Applied History to the Rescue of Strategic Thought
Applied History is needed to answer the questions high-level decision makers have on the future of national defence strategy.
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Dr James W.E. Smith
New Research into the History, Theory and Practice of Naval Wargaming
The new history of the roots of British wargaming takes form.
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Dr James W.E. Smith
Corbett’s Relevance to the Modern Strategic Thinker
Although some have asked for renewed interpretation and analysis of the meaning of sea power, maritime strategy, and naval power, they have often…
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Dr James W.E. Smith
Battle for Space: Statecraft, Diplomacy and Defence Strategy
Dr James W. E. Smith considers the changing perspectives on the role of space for the military, a special journal paper wrote for the Royal Astronomical…
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Dr James W.E. Smith
U.S. Defense Unification and the U.S. Navy 1945–
PhD research that resulted in not only a revised history of the creation of the U.S. Department of Defense and it's impact on strategy-making but the…
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Dr James W.E. Smith
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