The Corbett 100 Project team present our fourth conference: "Naval Strategy in the 21st Century: from Seabed to Space".

This naval strategy seminar sees scholars from the UK, US, France, Australia, Japan and the Netherlands look to the future of Naval Strategy.

A invitation only conference, open to online attendance on application.Corbett 100 marks the centenary of the death of historian, philosopher of seapower and maritime strategist Sir Julian Corbett (1854-1922).

2 December – Seminar Day 1

All times indicated are in Paris time (GMT+1)

Morning session

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• 09:00 AM: Welcome Address & École Navale’s Tour
• 9:30 AM: Andrew Lambert, King’s College London : “The Corbett 100 initiative”
• 10:00 AM: Panel I: Naval Strategy: Methodological and Historiographical Perspectives 
• Olivier Chaline, Sorbonne Université, Corbett from an 18th-century specialist
• Martin Motte, École Pratique des Hautes Études, The Navy of the Bourbon Restoration (1814 - 1830) : a reappraisal
• Henk Warnar, Netherlands Defence Academy, The role of Corbett's limited war theory in Dutch naval thought

Afternoon session

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1:30 PM: Panel II: Corbett today and tomorrow: Operational Challenges. 

Keynote Lectures for the cadets and staff of the École Navale.

• Captain Keïto Ushirogata (online), Strategic Studies Department, JMSDF
• Command and Staff College
• Mark Bailey, Australian Defence Forces Academy
• Andrew Lambert, King’s College London

4:00 PM: Ecole Navale’s Research Institute Tour

4:45 PM: Corbett today and tomorrow: Strategic Foresight

• Roy de Ruiter, Netherlands Defence Academy, Strategic Foresight in the Dutch Navy
• Andrew Young, Royal Navy Strategic Studies Center, RN Strategic Foresight and the challenge of amphibious operations.
• Jean-Marie Kowalski, École navale, History of French Strategic Foresight since 1958

3 December – Seminar Day 2

All times indicated are in Paris time (GMT+1)

Morning session

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09:00 AM: Panel III: Corbett today and tomorrow: Seabed warfare and SLOCs

• Magali Michiels, Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Protection of critical infrastructure in the North Sea
• Lyna Maaziz, École navale, Law and politics in the undersea domain
• Guillaume de Rougé, École navale, UxVs implications for tactics, operational concepts, and strategy 

Please contact Dr James WE Smith (james.we.smith@kcl.ac.uk) if you wish to attend online, as this is an invitation only event.