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Research Projects

Current and Future Projects

One of the major functions of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies is to produce authoritative reports on a variety of maritime topics that are intended to help policy-makers and the attentive public understand key maritime issues.
 
In producing these reports, core maritime experts in the Centre will be able to make use of the expertise of over one hundred colleagues in the Departments of Defence and War Studies of King’s College London.  They will also have access to a wide range of naval practitioners.  The following is only an illustrative list of topics divided into four main areas.

Topics

Maritime Security
  • Energy Security & the Gulf of Guinea
  • Maritime Security in the Straits of Malacca
  • Threats to Maritime Trade
  • Piracy, Terrorism and Weak State
 
The Future of Naval Power
  • Regional Leaders: The South African Navy
  • New and Rising Navies
  • Rebalancing the Royal Navy
  • The Challenge of Irregular Warfare at Sea
  • The Development of the US Navy: Implications for the Naval World
 
The Commercial Uses of the Sea
  • Underwater Minerals and Energy Sources
  • The LNG Threat: Implications for the Ocean Regime
  • Land Based Threats to Maritime Traffic
 
Selling the Sea
  • National Identity, Seablindness and Seapower
  • The Naval Ethos

Publications

Special Edition Defence Studies Journal (Volume 8, No 2) June 2008
Editors: Tim Benbow and Jon Robb-Webb. For more information on the series see the flyer below.
This special edition of Defence Studies commemorates the launch of The Corbett Centre and reproduces the address given there by the First Sea Lord.  He spoke on the subject of ‘Naval Ethos’ and the challenges that it faces in the contemporary world.
For a full list of staff publications refer to the attached document below.

Launch of Corbett Centre Series with Ashgate

Editors: Greg Kennedy, Tim Benbow, Jon Robb-Webb, Ashgate Publishing.
The following volumes are in the course of production for this series:
Globalisation, Maritime Trade and Security in the 21st Century [Ed, Greg Kennedy]
Maritime Security in the South China Sea: Regional Implications and International Cooperation [Eds, Wu Shicun and Zou Keyuan]
The British Pacific Fleet and its Legacy [Dr Jon Robb-Webb]
Read more about Corbett Centre outreach activities in the document below.
Attached files  

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