Center for Asia Pacific Strategy and Corbett Centre conduct forum on Asia Pacific Strategic Issues

In 2022 the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy and the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies organised and moderated a forum of high-level Republic of Korea (ROK) academics and policy-makers, along with members of the UK Higher Command and Staff Course who were conducting their first ever Staff Ride to the ROK.

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Ukraine Conflict and the Black Sea

Dr Deborah Sanders of the Corbett Centre explores implications of the Ukraine conflict for Black Sea security including maritime strategy, securitisation of the Black Sea, and the engagement of NATO, Turkey and China in the Black Sea going forward.

Sir Julian Corbett as a Historian, Educator, and Strategic Thinker

Professor Andrew Lambert, Dr Anna Brinkman-Schwartz, Professor Jerker Widén and Professor Greg Kennedy hold a roundtable discussion with leading researchers on the different aspects of British naval historian and maritime strategist, Sir Julian Corbett's legacy as we approach the centenary of his death.

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Anglo-American Strategic Relations: the Maritime Domain and the Path to War

On the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and outbreak of the general war in the Pacific the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies will hold a Webinar event to look at the British and American paths to that conflict, with a specific focus on the relationship of strategy to the maritime domain. Dr Andrew Boyd of the University of Buckingham and author of the critically acclaimed The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters (Seaforth, 2017) and British Naval Intelligence through the Twentieth Century (Seaforth 2020), and Professor Greg Kennedy, Director of the Corbett Centre and award-winning author will examine the respective strategic thinking of Britain and the United States and the state of cooperation between them with regard to the threat of fighting a major war with Japan in the Far East.

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Global Maritime Britain and the Republic of Korea: Asia-Pacific Partners?

To mark the establishment of a partnership between CAPS and CC which seeks to provide contemporary expert analysis on strategic issues effecting the Asia Pacific Region we would like to invite you to attend this annual, online event, with the focus of each year’s symposium reflecting important strategic trends or issues arising in the region.

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Intersection, Continuity, and Evolution: From the Early Modern Period to the 20th Century

This first annual Corbett Conference brought together scholars from around the world who focus on a variety of periods and topics to explore the complicated interactions and relationships between strategy, diplomacy, and international law. The research presented explored and analysed these interactions and relationships, in both historical and contemporary contexts and furthered our understanding of the nuances and continued entanglements between maritime strategy, law, and diplomacy.

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The Center for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS) is very pleased to announce the establishment of a Memoranda of Understanding with Corbett Centre

The Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies focus will generate a strong synergy as the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy shares common goals and methods, particularly in the realm of leveraging practitioners in the formulation of policy analysis and proposals. CAPS is well positioned to bring maritime experts from each of the stakeholder nations who have practical maritime experience in the region.

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Centre for Asia Pacific Strategy (CAPS)

The Corbett Centre and the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre hosted a two-day workshop for the Future Maritime Strategist Programme, Sept.6-7, supported by Dr. Tim Benbow and Professor Greg Kennedy of the Corbett Centre.

The Future Maritime Strategist Fellow is a one-year programme, which puts more weight on an individual’s potential for critical thinking than their personal experience. Through different events, including the First Sea Lord’s Sea Power Conference, these Fellows are supported to become strategic thinkers. The Future Maritime Strategists are talented and driven individuals from the Royal Navy, Civil Service, industry and universities. The programme is a personal development opportunity as well as a chance to influence the Navy’s conceptual fighting power. Tim and Greg delivered lectures and participated in seminars to help support the growth of the group's critical thinking. It was a pleasure to work with such engaging and enthusiastic participants and the Corbett Centre looks forward to working with the programme again in the future.

Professor Greg Kennedy of the Corbett Centre delivered a paper and was part of a panel on the AUKUS group organized by the Centre for Asia Pacific Strategy at the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul between 21-23 September.

Discussions dealt with the value of the AUKUS at the strategic, operational and tactical levels in terms of the maritime domain.

The Role of Russia in the Indo-Pacific

On Wednesday, 23 November, Dr Natasha Kuhrt of the Department of War Studies will present her research on Russia's foreign policy in Asia, with a particular focus on the Indo-Pacific context, and Russia-China relations. The discussion will be charged by Professor Christophe Jaffrelot of the King's India Institute. The presentation will be followed by an open Q&A session. The event will take place between 14:00 - 15:00 in the Dockrill Room (King's Building, Room K6.07) on the Strand Campus.

The United States, India, and the Indo-Pacific

On Thursday, 24 November, Professor Harsh V. Pant from King's India Institute, serving as the Vice President of the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, India, will deliver a lecture on the evolving strategies of the United States, and India in the Indo-Pacific, with special reference to the transition from the Trump Administration to the Biden Administration. The discussion will be chaired by Professor Louise Tillin, director of King's India Institute. The lecture will be followed by an open Q&A session. The event will take place between 11:00 - 12:00 in the Dockrill Room (King's Building, Room K6.07) on the Strand Campus.