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Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies

The purpose of The Corbett Centre is to develop and promote the understanding and analysis of maritime policy and strategy through the interaction of policy-makers, practitioners, academics, industry and commerce:

  • To enhance the national and international visibility of maritime affairs
  • To develop links among academics and academic departments, as well as policy-makers and other individuals and institutions with an interest in this subject area
  • To foster policy-relevant research, both individual and collaborative projects
  • To provide a forum for policy debate and analysis
  • To support and develop research-driven education.

Its aim is to provide a focus for all interested parties, stimulate debate and disseminate the outcome through publications and public comment.  The Corbett Centre draws on the expertise and wider networks of the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College at the Defence Academy of the UK.

The centre benefits from the expertise of Visiting Senior Research Fellow Rear Admiral Bruce Wililams CBE BSc CCMI and Associate Research Fellow Dr C. J. Jenner and collaboration with the Brazilian Naval War College.

To apply for Associate Status of the Corbett Centre, please email  the following information to greg.kennedy@kcl.ac.uk:Full name (inc title), Position and Organisation, Academic Qualifications, Area of interest: Contemporary Maritime, Maritime History, British Naval, World Naval, Maritime Security, Naval Technology, Shipping, Insurance or other.

 

Postponed - 'Maritime Power, Maritime Strategy, Maritime Security in a Global Context: Past, Present and Future' 

In view of the massive disruption caused by the COVID-19 crisis to national and international travel, the ability to guarantee suitable facilities and the overall high degree of uncertain surrounding so many of the elements required in order to hold the conference in London in early September I have taken the decision to postpone the Corbett Centre Maritime Conference schedule for September 8-11 2020. At this point it is not certain when or where the re-scheduled conference will take place. However, rest assured there will be such an event at some point in the future. Thank you to everyone who submitted proposals, who promised support to the event and those who had shown interest in attending and participating. I look forward to seeing you all at another time. Be safe, stay well and take care.

Sincerely

Greg Kennedy

 

 

Members

Tim Benbow

Tim Benbow

Reader in Strategic Studies and ICSC(M) Course Director

Greg Kennedy

Greg Kennedy

Professor of Strategic Foreign Policy

David Morgan-Owen

David Morgan-Owen

Senior Lecturer and ICSC(L) Course Director

Jon Robb-Webb

Jon Robb-Webb

Lecturer

Deborah Sanders

Deborah Sanders

Reader in Defence and Security Studies

Geoff Till

Geoff Till

Professor

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Collaboration with the Brazilian Naval War College

Established in 1914, the Escola de Guerra Naval (EGN) is the Brazilian Naval War College. Located in Rio de Janeiro, the EGN is the institution of higher military studies that prepares officers for command, leadership and operational leadership roles at the highest levels of the Brazilian Navy. The EGN faculty runs established Postgraduate Diploma, Professional Master’s and Professional Doctorate programmes in Maritime Studies, and publishes the and internationally acclaimed and peer reviewed Journal of the Naval War College (Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval). King’s College London has an MoU with the Brazilian Navy since 2015 covering areas of research and education cooperation. The King’s Corbett Centre for Maritime Studies and the Naval War College (EGN) from the Brazilian Navy are strong partners under this MoU and are looking to strengthen this partnership under this MOU through new initiatives in 2020.

Journal of the Naval War College (Revista da Escola de Guerra Naval)

Brazilian Naval War College

Boletim Geocorrente

Technological Optimism and the Imagined Future: Implications for Warfare

Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional - Volume 63, Number 1

The Fear of Invasion: Strategy, Politics, and British War Planning, 1880-1914 Morgan-Owen, D. G., 14 Jul 2017, Oxford Univerity Press; Oxford. Book | ‘The war we want; the war that we get’: Ukraine’s Military Reform and the conflict in the East’, The Journal of Slavic Military Studies, 30, 2017, 30-49. | ‘Maritime Security in the Black Sea: Out with the new, In with the Old’, Mediterranean Quarterly, 28:2 Autumn 2017,.4-29 | ‘Rebuilding the Ukrainian Navy’, Naval War College Review, Autumn 2017, 70:4,.61-77. | The contribution of Royal Navy aircraft carriers and the Fleet Air Arm to Operation ‘Overlord’, 1944 Benbow, T., 1 Apr 2019, In : War in History. 26, 2, p. 265-286 | The British Pacific Fleet experience and legacy, 1944-50 Robb-Webb, J. J., 2013, Farnham: Ashgate. (Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies series) Book

  • Dr Geoffrey Till of the Defence Studies Department has been named the 2018 recipient of U.S. Naval War College’s (NWC) “Hattendorf Prize” – an international award that aims to recognize original research contributions in the field of maritime history.
  • Dr Tim Benbow, deputy director of the Centre, has been awarded the 2015 Sir Julian Corbett Prize in Modern Naval History by the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London School of Advanced Study. 
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British Foreign and Defence Policy Making: A Critical Analysis of the Procurement and Commissioning of the Queen Elizabeth-class Aircraft Carrier

Finalised dissertation on the foreign policy intentions underpinning the Queen Elizabeth Class by Sam Cooling from the Martin Robson's programme in Exeter.

Semper Eadem? British Foreign and Defence Policy

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Brazilian Naval War College

Professors Matt Uttley and Greg Kennedy from the King's Corbett Centre welcoming R Adm (Retd.) Marcio Magno de Farias Franco e Silva and Professor William de Sousa Moreira from the Brazilian Naval War College during their visit to the Defence Studies Department on 10th December 2019.

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Prof. Greg Kennedy, Director of Corbett Centre, interviewed by GloboTV Brazil on the ability of the RN to look after the UK's global maritime interests in the 21st Century

Professor Kennedy Brazil Interview

Corbett Paper No 20 The Chilean Navy as a case study in the value and performance of medium and small naval powers in South America by Richard John Kouyoumdjian Inglis

Corbett Paper No 19 Some Principles of Cyber Warfare by Richard M. Crowell

Corbett Paper No 18 Jutland, History and the First World War by Dr David Morgan-Owen

Corbett Paper No 17 The Rise and Fall of the Sierra Leone Navy and the UK's role in its downfall by Jon White

Corbett Paper No 16 The Home Fleet: Pivot of Maritime Strategy by Robert C Rubel

Corbett Paper No 15 Canada's Naval Strategy: The Strategy of a Client State by Nicholas Tracy

Corbett Paper No 14 US Carrier Strike and the Mediterranean, 1970-89: Lessons in littoral crises response for the United Kingdom's Joint Expeditionary Force by Michael Wood

Corbett Paper No 13 The Interoperability of Future UK Air Power, Afloat and Ashore: A Historical Analysis by Tim Benbow and James Bosbotinis

Corbett Paper No 12 UK Air-Sea Integration in Libya, 2011: A Successful Blueprint for the Future? by Geoffrey Till and Martin Robson

Corbett Paper No 11 Navies and Economic Prosperity: The New Logic of Sea Power by Robert C Rubel

Corbett Paper No 10 From the Jebel to the Palace: British Military Involvement in the Persian Gulf, 1957-2011 by Geraint Hughes

Corbett Paper No 9 British uses of Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Ships: 1945-2010 by Tim Benbow

Corbett Paper No 8 Piracy, Maritime Terrorism and Disorder at Sea: The View from the Ukraine by Volodymyr Bezkorovainiy and Sergiy Sokolyuk

Corbett Paper No 7 The Need for a New Naval History of The First World War by James Goldrick

Corbett Paper No 6 Back to Basics: British Strategy after Afghanistan by Geoff Till

Corbett Paper No 5 Securitisation of Piracy off the Horn of Africa: Are there implications for Maritime Terrorism? by Charles Reed

Corbett Paper No 4 Maritime Security and the Southern Cone: Argentina, Brazil and Chile by Martin Robson

Corbett Paper No 3 Security in the South China Sea  by Craig A. Snyder

Corbett Paper No 2 The Great Race: Innovation and Counter Innovation at Sea, 1840-1890  by Jan S. Breemer

Corbett Paper No 1 The Russian Navy in 2009: A Review of Major Developments by James Bosbotinis

 

Formally affiliated with The Greenwich Forum, National Centre for Maritime Policy Research (Pakistan), Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS), Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS)

The Greenwich Forum

National Centre for Maritime Policy Research (Pakistan)

Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS)

Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies

US Naval War College

Macmillan Publishers

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Brazilian Naval War College

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