After decades of negotiations, the countries of the world have agreed to protect the oceans. Despite the ongoing environmental damage, ratification will still take years. On 4 March in New York, around 160 UN member states agreed for the first time on an agreement to protect biodiversity on the high seas....
The keel of the Italian sail training ship Palinuro was laid 90 years ago Some fishing vessels have an astonishing history. One of them is the Italian Navy's Palinuro, a schooner or barquentine. The keel was laid in 1933 at the Anciens Chantiers Dubigeon shipyard in Nantes, France, and the following year, under the name Commandant Louis...
For decades, Sweden and Finland were proud of their neutrality. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine led to a radical rethink. Less than three months after the start of the Russian invasion, the two EU states applied to join NATO. With an area of 338,472...
Far-reaching measures are needed to permanently free sea areas such as the Gulf of Guinea from the threat of piracy. The concept of maritime security sector reform with the establishment of sustainable security governance promises success. Even today, piracy is still often associated with buccaneers from films and films sailing under the banner of Jolly Rogers.
China's power ambitions in the Pacific region are growing ever stronger. The United States and its allies are trying to counter this. This increases the risk of armed conflict. While the Ukraine war is currently the focus of media coverage in Europe, another area of crisis and tension has emerged at the other end of the world, in South-East Asia.
Whether in the North Pacific or at the North Pole, the rivalry between the superpowers and political and ecological climate change influence each other. Imagine a scene in the coming years: The story of the self-proclaimed "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine would end in misadventure. Before the separatist strongholds finally fall into...
After rising from the depths of the Mediterranean Sea at the beginning of the year to demonstrate his fighting power over central and south-east Europe for a fortnight, Neptune returned at the end of May for just as long: equipped with a mighty shield, his aim this time was to help his allies protect their territories. Neptune...
The close military cooperation in the Baltic Sea region that has been practised for years is now paying off. NATO candidates Finland and Sweden are demonstrating their value to the alliance in securing shipping routes during numerous manoeuvres. With its - by Western standards - disrespectful and aggressive actions towards Ukraine, Russia has put itself in the spotlight...
Only a 180-kilometre-wide strait separates Taiwan from the People's Republic of China. The democratic country feels increasingly threatened and is modernising its naval forces. American intelligence services assume that Beijing could attempt to annex Taiwan by force before the end of the current decade. The comparison David versus Goliath comes to mind....
A Naval Historical-Tactical Conference without the thoughtful and questioning contribution of Dr Rahn from the first ranks of the dignitaries was previously unthinkable - now it has become a sad truth following his death in November 2022. Unlike many of his predecessors in and out of uniform, the aim of his work was not...
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