Category: Security policy

 "What does the Black Sea teach us?"

 "What does the Black Sea teach us?"

Posted by | 12 Sep 2024 | , , | 0

The Kiel International Seapower Symposium is an annual highlight for the security policy community. It offers academics and practitioners an excellent opportunity to exchange knowledge. Under the motto "(Re-)Learning War - Lessons from the Black Sea", the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University organised the Kiel International Seapower Symposium (KISS) together with the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies for the first time this year. Traditionally, the high-calibre conference coincided with the start of this year's Kiel Week and the port call of the participants of the annual Baltops naval manoeuvre. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also...

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The general shipbuilding policy situation - a question of safety

The general shipbuilding policy situation - a question of safety

Posted by | 9 Sep 2024 | , , , | 0

The recent SMM trade fair was a global meeting place for maritime technology and commerce. The MS&D conference, Maritime Security and Defence, addressed key geopolitical issues that are of great importance in the maritime industry. Up to now, the rise and fall of major shipbuilding nations - from the UK to continental Europe and Japan to Korea - has been strongly linked to industrial and trade policy conditions and influence. In the case of China, a differentiated picture emerges. The deployment of enormous state financial resources, estimated at around 200 billion dollars in just over a decade, can only be conclusively explained by geostrategic aspects: Access marineforum...

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Posted by | 5 Aug 2024 | , , | 0

"... after all, that's my job!" While territorial security was at the forefront during the Cold War, Germany's global responsibility has been at the centre of its foreign policy activities since the mid-1990s. As a populous and economically strong country in the centre of Europe, the Federal Republic of Germany continues to bear great responsibility today. Russia's attack on Ukraine, which violated international law, has brought the Bundeswehr's original mission of national and alliance defence back into the focus of our actions - deterrence and defence are once again the central elements. This requires armed, combat-ready and war-capable naval forces Access marineforum digital+ You are already a registered member of marineforum digital+...

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For the people

For the people

Posted by | 1 Aug 2024 | , , , | 0

Seafarer's Social Service Oldenburg is the name of the latest support and counselling service offered by the Humanist Association. A team of volunteers looks after seafarers from all over the world at the inland harbour in Lower Saxony. When people go to sea for work, it usually has little to do with the romance of a cruise or a relaxing holiday under palm trees. No, work at sea is hard, full of privation, often monotonous and even more often shockingly poorly paid. Going to sea means constantly roaring diesel engines, small cabins and a life confined to a few square metres on and in steel hulks for months on end. Social contacts? Hardly any. Among ship crews...

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Canal with water shortage

Canal with water shortage

Posted by | 23 Jul 2024 | , , | 0

As early as 1827, Goethe dreamed of building a waterway from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean through the isthmus between North and South America. The greater Indo-Pacific region encompasses all sea areas between the east coast of Africa and the west coast of America, and there are two standard routes for the two units of the German Navy's Indo-Pacific Deployment 2024. The long route via South America around the infamous Cape Horn through the Strait of Magellan or the short route through the Panama Canal. Access marineforum digital+ Are you already a registered user? Log in here now - also MOV members: Username Password Remember meLost your password? You...

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