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Successful empires have always depended on maritime power. Now there are signs that this power is shifting eastwards.
The success of the Somali case illustrates what a high degree of shared interests among international actors can achieve.
The South China Sea is of strategic and economic importance to Beijing and the US, setting up a potential power struggle that could spark conflict.
A recent attack by Ukrainian ‘robot ships’ in Crimea shows how effective these unmanned surface vessels can be. Now maritime law needs to keep up with technological developments.
Ukraine has been able to challenge Russia’s dominance of the Black Sea, and this will be key to success in its counteroffensive.
A digest of the week’s coverage of the war against Ukraine.
As the war drags on and its maritime dimension intensifies, Russia is more likely to be strategically defeated in the long term.
There are important strategic and political maritime dimensions to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
China’s naval strategy has been to prevent America from ever projecting its power by sea in the Asia-Pacific region again. Now that it’s worked, the region needs to take notice.
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Professor of International Security, Department of Politics, Philosophy and Religion, Lancaster University
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Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Associate Professor (Research), Coventry University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee
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Associate professor, Royal Danish Defence College
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Visiting Fellow, Strategic Studies, Griffith University
