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Seapower Past & Present 5: Technology - SNR This episode forms part of a new strand of our podcast: Seapower Past and Present which explores seapower as it is understood and practised in the modern world whilst offering a historical perspective...

The @NauticalHistory Mariners Mirror podcast 'Seapower Past & Present 5: Technology' features King's PhD students and Professor Andrew Lambert who discussed technology and navies over the ages, and to the future.
snr.org.uk/the-mariners...

You can now watch Professor Andrew Lambert's latest book launch in the @warstudieskcl.bsky.social YouTube Channel:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRfN...

The Laughton and Corbett Centre will merge into one Research Centre on 18 June 2025. Look out for details of the new website. Business continues are normal such as when the maritime seminars restart later this year.

Chairman of @NauticalHistorymakes statement on multinational technology companies flagrant disregard of international copyright law. Response to recent revelations books & journals have been used to train generative AI and their content has been pirated.

A concern for many.

How a King's academic's research is changing NATO's approach to planning for the future NATO has featured a paper co-authored by Dr Bence Nemeth, Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, as the key case study in a new handbook advising all its institutions and member states on ...

Congratulations to Dr @bencenemeth.bsky.social

@NATO has featured his co-authored research paper in its #StrategicForesight manual. A fantastic example of how academic research from @KingsCollegeLon is shaping real-world #DefencePolicy.

Full story 👉 bit.ly/43yxY4m

#OurDividedPlanet

Naval Wargaming was on show at the King's Wargaming Week 2025 recently. Mixed Reality Wargaming UrbanXR demo based on subsurface warfare concept by David Burden.

We've concluded the 2024-2025 Maritime Seminar series. Thank you to all our speakers and all who attended and supported this series. We look forward to announcing to the 2025-2026 series in the near future.

📢 Exciting news! The Centre for Grand Strategy and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation are merging to form a new hub within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social: the Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social

➡️ You can find more information here: csns.uk

Britain, Conflict, and the Sea conference This conference seeks to explore the ways in which modern Britain has been shaped by ideas and practices of maritime war.

'Britain, Conflict, & the Sea' Conference (12/13Sept @RMGreenwich) programme, organised by King's scholars, is out.

An interdisciplinary conference developed in collaboration with & hosted by @RMGreenwich, with support from the @BritishAcademy_

www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/nat...

A Future for British Seapower and the Royal Navy? Dr James WE Smith, as the Laughton-Research Corbett Research Fellow, examines the evolving role of navies, particularly the Royal Navy, in the modern era of unprecedented technological…

You can now read 'A Future for British Seapower and the Royal Navy?' by our research fellow @jameswesmith.space @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

www.kcl.ac.uk/a-future-for...

Our vision @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social is to make the world a better place. 🌍💫 Here’s how we do that at the School of Security Studies✨

➡️Discover more about our impactful research here: bit.ly/3FMqcfh

@dsdkings.bsky.social

Learning from the Royal Navy: Lessons for the USN on Sea Power Politics - Center for Maritime Strategy The U.S. Navy and Britain’s Royal Navy are different organizations. Although Americans have repeatedly tried to emulate the Royal Navy—at first due to the threat it posed, then later for the wisdom sa...

You can now read via the Centre of Maritime Strategy

'Learning from the Royal Navy: Lessons for the USN on Sea Power Politics​'

I offer insight to American's about the state of the Royal Navy in 2025,& discuss the perpetual problem of 'seablindness'.

centerformaritimestrategy.org/publications...

"No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One" the exclusive new book from
@warstudieskcl.bsky.social Professor Andrew Lambert, arrives June 2025.

YouTube video by War Studies KCL Professor Andrew Lambert briefly discussed the role of the Royal navy

We've uploaded many of our maritime seminars and other events to the @warstudieskcl.bsky.social YouTube channel.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhYi...

Recently students & staff @warstudieskcl.bsky.social debated the future of the #RoyalNavy. The exercise was a workshop to allow students at varied educational levels to engage with staff to discuss & debate.

Event hosted by the British Academy Laughton-Corbett Research Fellow @jameswesmith.space

We've attached below the schedule of #maritimeseminars we are hosting as part of our 2023-2024 #naval and #maritime history series of #publiclectures. To attend, you must register by visiting the King's College London School of Security Studies Events page here: lnkd.in/ebTjMRwg

Laughton Naval History and Maritime Strategy Unit A Home for British naval and maritime thinking, research into global naval history and the study of seapower and maritime strateg. The Laughton Unit provides the ideal basis for original and challengi...

The Laughton Unit educates and researches in the field of naval history and maritime strategy to support and shape the evolution of naval history as a tool across a broad spectrum of disciplines and debates in the world around us. 
Find out more: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/lau...