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This is now an archived account until further notice. Follow @warstudies @KCLSecurity for updates on events, research and more related to naval and maritime at King's.

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King's Maritime History Seminars

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TOMORROW!

Join the Corbett 100 team for their 4th conference: "Naval Strategy in the 21st Century: from Seabed to Space."

Scholars from the UK, US, France, Australia, Japan, and the Netherlands discuss the future of Naval Strategy.

💻 Online

➡️ https://t.co/Q1N9qizJGR.

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Join the Corbett 100 team for their 4th conference: "Naval Strategy in the 21st Century: from Seabed to Space."

Scholars from the UK, US, France, Australia, Japan, and the Netherlands discuss the future of Naval Strategy.

📅 02-03 Dec | 💻 Online

➡️ https://t.co/Q1N9qizJGR.

[War Studies @warstudies]

The 1942 invasion of Madagascar rarely makes the history books — but it reshaped British amphibious warfare and the Normandy landings.
@Tim Benbow explains why on Defence in Depth.
🔗 Full analysis: https://t.co/eeQRKWCAUk

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King's Maritime History Seminars

https://t.co/MJ7xv3vnas

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How can a great power contain rivals without ground war?

Brendan Simms’s book review of Prof Andrew Lambert’s No More Napoleons highlights Britain’s use of naval power & alliances to manage Europe—drawing parallels to today’s US strategy in Ukraine.

Read
https://t.co/Pkp2WqKRkZ

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How did Britain avoid an existential crisis between Waterloo and WWI?

In his new book No More Napoleons, Prof Andrew Lambert explores how naval strategy, geography and diplomacy kept Britain secure. Reviewed by Andrew Roberts in @TheTLS.

Read the review:
https://t.co/JztRiLeVmR

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What vulnerabilities lie beneath Russia’s newest nuclear sub?

Ukrainian hackers leaked classified files exposing critical flaws in Russia’s strategic ballistic missile submarine. As Dr @lukOlejnik says, "The Russian network is really vulnerable."

Read:
https://t.co/1vTbCfhZYh

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🎧 New Podcast – The Untold Story of Chinese Naval Officers in D-Day

📺 Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/1QMvC99RIk

Listen:
☁️ https://t.co/medXVDzPRy
🟢 https://t.co/JnYKQLEb6Y
🍎 https://t.co/sUieuzGmva

⚓️ Exhibition ends tomorrow—don’t miss it!
🔗 https://t.co/nO3HzyCKjR

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EI’s Paul Lay joins Andrew Lambert to discuss his book ‘No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One', in this podcast.
https://t.co/09aC3vf9vJ

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🌊 🪐 In this opinion piece for the Center for Maritime Strategy, Dr James Smith points to historical maritime strategy frameworks that could guide effective space strategy today

READ 🔗 https://t.co/nPcMlzmWvh

@James_WE_Smith @CMS_Washington

#SpaceStrategy #MaritimeStrategy

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"As the United States faces a new epoch in space, it will require an intellectual approach to maintain anadvantage rather than one of dominance."

New in The MOC ⬇️

Navies Are Our Guide for Space Strategy

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After the Battle of Trafalgar, interesting examples of historical misinformation emerged, particularly in France. Dr David McCallam explores French reimaginings of the event. https://t.co/tZVdXAXUYh

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The memorandum "How does asymmetric advantage differ from strategic advantage?" by Prof. Andrew Lambert explains shifting UK defence thinking from pursuing strategic advantage to leveraging asymmetric advantage.

https://t.co/4n10evd167

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The Laughton-Corbett Research Fellow @James_WE_Smith reviews the UK 2025 defence review in the August edition of Warships IFR: arguing that 'strategy' in modern defence organisation is effectively 'dead in the water'.

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🚢 Today at 11:00 — How is India navigating the Indo-Pacific amid shifting US politics?

Join Dr Jagannath Panda for a roundtable on India’s evolving strategy between the Quad and a new ‘Squad’ in a Trump era.
📍Strand Campus & Online
🎟️Register now: https://t.co/QqOuIstrRl