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This book offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-national approach to identifying the key elements required to define power within the maritime domain.
List of contents
Introduction Part I: Maritime as a Concept 1. The Global Order at Sea: From a Hierarchy of Power to Hierarchical Legitimacy? 2. The Sea as an Institution: A Constructivist Approach to Maritime Spaces 3. Beyond the Blue Amazon: The Brazilian Vocation to the South Atlantic 4. Maritime States and the Value of the Sea Part II: Global and Regional Security at Sea 5. The Washington Naval Conference, 1921-22: A Blue-Print for a Modern Sino-American Naval Disarmament Agreement? 6. Brazilian Naval Strategic Thought from 1822 to the Present 7. Islands, Amphibious Operations and the 21st Century 8. The Role of the Domestic in Low-Intensity Maritime Conflict: A Cod Wars Perspective 9. The Weaponisation of the Eastern Mediterranean: Refugees as the Trojan Horse for Diplomatic Bargaining 10. State Cooperation for Maritime Security in the Gulf of Guinea Part III: Technology and Economics in the Maritime Domain 11. Naval History, Maritime Strategy, and the Role of Technology 12. Welfare Gains in the Maritime Domain: A Comparative Analysis of Defence Industrial Policies and Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom and Brazil 13. The Evolution of Brazil’s Nuclear Program: Policy and the Multiple Drivers for the Nuclear-powered Submarine 14. Blue Economy beyond Maritime Economics Part IV: Law, Governance, and Futures of the Seas 15. The New Territorialisation of the Seas 16. Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships and the International Law of the Sea: A South Atlantic Perspective 17. The South Atlantic and Possible Future Armed Conflicts 18. Futures for the Maritime Domain: Signs and Trends that Shape Scenarios
About the author
William de Sousa Moreira is a professor at the Brazilian Naval War College (BNWC). He is the ST&I Advisor and teaches at the Postgraduate Programme on Maritime Studies at the BNWC. He is also a Visiting Professor at King´s College London (2021-22).
Greg Kennedy is Professor of Strategic Foreign Policy, and the Director of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, at the Defence Studies Department, King’s College London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham.
Summary
This book offers a multi-disciplinary and multi-national approach to identifying the key elements required to define power within the maritime domain.
