🚨New Podcast Drop!🚨 Part seven of our recent project with The Society for Nautical Research, alongside its long-term partners at the Lloyds Register Foundation has officially dropped! Don’t miss this unique series of The Mariner’s Mirror podcast: Seapower Past & Present. snr.org.uk/the-mariners...

We were thrilled to once again welcome Dr Matt Heaslip, Senior Lecturer in Naval History at the University of Portsmouth, for the 2025 Crisisgame! This year’s scenario tested participants’ critical thinking in evacuating thousands of civilians amidst a tense geopolitical environment!

🌍 Track the latest Royal Navy deployments 🚢 Stay informed on the Royal Navy’s global deployments through this map from the latest #Signal - your monthly maritime newsletter by @salisbot.bsky.social 🔗 www.thebroadside.org...#Signal #Broadside

We were delighted to partner with the Society for Nautical Research on this podcast series. Well worth a listen!

This is an excellent article by Prof @peterdombrowski.bsky.social. Well worth a read. But if you do, then please read my comments below it, too, for an alternative perspective. Then make up your own mind. www.thebroadside.org.uk/p/05-2025-eu...

Head of RNSSC, @c21st-sailor.bsky.social, and @sophyantrobus.bsky.social, co-director of @fasikcl.bsky.social have written a joint article on escalation/de-escalation for @progbrit.bsky.social. Read it here👇 www.progressivebritain.org/adding-rungs...

🌏 ‘With threats rising globally and tensions simmering in the #IndoPacific region, the deployment sends a message of deterrence against adversaries and of solidarity with allies,’ writes @salisbot.bsky.social#IndoPacific our Research Fellow, in a new article #Broadside

Read the latest #Cable - your weekly foreign policy and defence roundup 🌏 Carrier Strike Group heads to the #IndoPacific 🤝 Defence talks between 🇬🇧 and 🇳🇿 💰 MoD announces £752 million loan for 🇺🇦 from the profits of sanctioned 🇷🇺 assets #BritainsWorld

We are proud to be associated with the @congeostrategy.bsky.social #SeaPowerLaboratory. Head of RNSSC, @c21st-sailor.bsky.social chaired an expert panel and compered a group exercise on policy development and delivery in Whitehall. Together we are growing a thinking, articulate maritime community.

Norway is making a significant contribution if a frigate and an auxiliary support ship to the UK's Carrier Strike Group deployment in 2025. Head of RNSSC visited the beautiful city of Oslo to join a conference on the importance, challenges, and risks of the deployment. #WeAreNATO

Excellent think piece by RNSSC Fellowships Officer @strategyforward.bsky.social We are proud to be associated with The Broadside, the new naval and maritimeplatform from @congeostrategy.bsky.social

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn and earn with our partners at @fasikcl.bsky.social. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMK037/p...

Looking for your next challenge? We're hiring someone to join our Cyber and Tech team as a Research Analyst and play a key role in our research projects. If this sounds like the perfect role for your, head over to our website to apply, and/or share with your network: bit.ly/4in3kRW

It was a pleasure to speak to the Oxford University Strategic Studies Group at All Souls College last night. There is a lot happening on the international stage at the moment and seapower has a role to play in statecraft. Some challenging questions which really made me think.

This had been a superb week for many of our 1SL and Richmond Fellows. Making our annual visit to @cambridgeuni.bsky.social, we heard from a range of experts and discussed and debated the geopolitics of the past, present and potential futures.

The Lepanto Trap is fascinating and troubling in equal measure. Great article by RNSSC European Fellow and @cesmmarine.bsky.social Research Director, Dr Nicolas Mazzucchi.

The world's attention may be on Ukraine this weekend, but we must not forget that other disputes and conflicts continue. Modern day gunboat diplomacy is South America. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

This week we select our new Fellows: 1SL Fellows - the RN's flagship 2 year fellowship for experienced people with great research ideas. Richmond Fellows - one year talent programme for less experience, innovative thinkers. Good luck to all who applied. www.royalnavy.mod.uk/locations-an...

Today's view from the RNSSC office. Welcome to Portsmouth FS Cormoran.

An increasing important topic, increasingly making the news. We should all remember - there is no internet *cloud* in the sky. Our data is under the sea. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc... Putin’s secret weapon: The threat to the UK lurking on our sea beds - BBC News

The 🇬🇧 Carrier Strike Group deploys to the Indo-Pacific this Spring, via the Mediterranean and Middle East. This follows similar deployments by 🇮🇹 and 🇫🇷. Why do European countries think it's worthwhile? Read @salisbot.bsky.social article to find out.

The Paris Naval Conference is an important date in the naval strategy calendar. This year the theme has been the maritime economy. Thank you to @ifri.bsky.social for hosting so well, and to our partners and friends at @cesmmarine.bsky.social. We look forward to seeing you in London in May.

‘A Britain with a sustainable and revitalised #maritime sector will be safer, stronger, greener and more prosperous over the long term,’ argues @salisbot.bsky.social, our Research Fellow ⚓️ Empowering Britain's maritime-industrial base #SeaPowerLaboratory #Primer

We are delighted to be working with our partners at @congeostrategy.bsky.social again for this year's 1SL Seapower Conference. It's going to be fantastic!

Interested in the impact of climate change? Fancy working with us (not for us)? We are collaborating with Lancaster University on an exciting project on climate implications on maritime security. Take a look. findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1594...

Interested in the impact of climate change? Fancy working with us (not for us)? We are collaborating with Lancaster University on an exciting project on climate implications on maritime security. Take a look. findajob.dwp.gov.uk/details/1594...

Crisis games are valuable. They make us think. This week, we held a crisis game with Loughborough University on the issue of Svalbard. This follows a seminar on the polar regions we did with Royal Holloway in the autumn. Read about both on our LinkedIn page. www.linkedin.com/posts/rrnssc...

Yet another "rare" storm batters the UK. We aren't particularly interested in ideological debates on climate change. We are, however, very interested in the impact on operations. That's why we are working with Lancaster University and others on this important issue. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy...

BBC News - UK warns Putin after Russian spy ship seen near British waters - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excellent, considered analysis by Sidharth Kaushal and the Royal Navy's 1SL Fellow at RUSI, Ed Black.

I was pleased to be able to contribute some thoughts to this. Great to see other, similar perspectives, too.

Three pages in a recent Warships IFR mag...

It's great to see so many sections of the media starting to take the Dark or Shadow Fleet seriously. This in the @neweuropeansuk.bsky.social is a good read. The dangers of Putin’s dark fleet - The New European www.theneweuropean.co.uk/stephen-smit...

The shadow fleet is real, and it is dangerous. BBC News - Germany says Russian 'shadow' ship stuck in Baltic Sea www.bbc.com/news/article...

RNSSC Senior Research Fellow @andrewlivsey.bsky.social has published a fascinating article on Royal Navy culture in the latest @rusi.bsky.social Journal. We would love to know what you think. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Time left to submit to this event running in September - if you're interested in histories of the relationship between Britain/Britishness and maritime conflict and have any questions about submitting please let me know! cc @rnssc.bsky.social @smh-historians.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

We are proud to partner with @congeostrategy.bsky.social and the Sea Power Laboratory. This new monthly newsletter is going to be a must-read for followers of naval matters everywhere.

RNSSC's @strategyforward.bsky.social has penned an excellent primer on littoral logistics. Available now, via RUSI. rusi.org/explore-our-...

***BREAKING*** After loss of Tartus, Russia now has no submarines in the Mediterranean Russia’s struggle is symptomatic of wider issues. The Russian Navy is overstretched following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is suffering maintenance challenges. #OSINT

***NEW VIDEO*** youtu.be/IjUgb8vaeok

FREE TO READ: Russia-linked Eagle S seized by Finland over damage to undersea electricity cable, was previously loaded with special transmitting and receiving devices to monitor NATO activity, according to source with direct involvement in ship: www.lloydslist.com/LL1151955/Ru...

#WeAreNATO www.bbc.com/news/article...

Happy Christmas to all of our friends and followers. There is a lot going on at sea at the moment. @covertshores.bsky.social highlights some of it brilliantly.

Naval mines are powerful weapons. Clearance is tricky work. Read about Royal Navy mine clearance off Libya in 2010

A pre-Christmas reminder. We are looking for a new team member. New Year, new opportunity? Could it be you? Please re-post if you think any of your followers might be interested.

We are delighted to be working with Lancaster University on this exciting project. www.lancaster.ac.uk/security-lan...

Russia has issued a notice to mariners demanding that all shipping seeks permission from ita Border Guard before entering Russian territorial seas. This is in contravention of UNCLOS, which affords the right of innocent passage. #Lawfare

***UPDATE*** Lot of #Russian navy movements to-from Mediterranean. Linked to or shaped by the situation in Syria (and Ukraine), but some may have been planned earlier. Expecting major withdrawal of equipment from Tartus What Tobruk and Al Burdi in Libya #OSINT with Damien Symons