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What Does It Mean to Be a Corbettian Strategic Thinker?
Very few people are Corbettian. Here is what it would take: the art of thinking about strategy, and then acting strategically.
Oct 14
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The Future of Strategic Studies: No More Corbetts?
The scholar who shaped modern maritime strategy would struggle to find a place in today's universities. That should worry anyone who cares about…
Oct 14
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Space Force: The Right Service in the Wrong House
Space demanded something new. In 2019 it got a new service inside an old institution, and a once-in-a-generation chance to rethink defence was lost.
Oct 1
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Who Will Teach the State to Think About the Sea?
Naval history, civilian education and the foundations of maritime strategy
Sep 28
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Why Navies Stop Being Heard
What the loss of a naval voice in Government reveals about national strategy and defence organisation.
Sep 22
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Defence Organisation Must Change: Before Defeat Forces It.
It's time to think beyond the Pentagon and Ministry of Defence: radical change is now overdue for defence organisation.
Sep 21
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2026: The Year Seapower went missing, a watershed for navies?
2026: Possessing naval power and exercising seapower turned out to be very different things.
Sep 14
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Space is a Science. Space Strategy is an Art.
Space presents strategists with something of a paradox.
Sep 14
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NASA's Artemis Programme and the Maritime Road to the Stars.
Artemis IV matters—and why humanity’s future beyond Earth is maritime
Sep 1
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From Seablindness to Spaceblindness
Dr James W.E.Smith evolves his definition of 'seablindness' for 'spaceblindness'.
Jul 28
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The Royal Navy 1546-2026?
Dr James W.E. Smith asks if the threshold of the Royal Navy being considered as ended, has been met.
Jun 30
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Britain has failed in the Basics of Naval Power
Behind the smokescreen of the 'Hybrid Navy'.
Jun 8
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