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Posts by Anders Puck Nielsen

Mahan and Corbett agreed on most things

2021-11-04 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

B. J. Armstrong in a piece for War on the Rocks called The Shared Genius of Mahan and Corbett: Articles in the pages of the leading naval journals include titles like “Going to War with China? Ignore Corbett. Dust Off Mahan!” and “Going to War With China? Dust Off Corbett!” Even here at War on […]

Filed Under: Navy

The Arctic is a floating signifier that makes no sense in security discussions

2021-10-19 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

It is a source of confusion when military leaders and politicians talk about “the Arctic”. Really the Arctic is not a clearly defined military space, and we need more precise language to avoid misunderstandings.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics, Video Tagged With: Arctic

Navies vs. coast guards: What is the difference?

2021-09-17 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Interview with Ian Bowers about whether coast guards are becoming more militarized, and if the boundaries between navies and coast guards are getting blurred.

Filed Under: Navy, Video Tagged With: China, USA

Download e-book: Russia’s Military Might

2021-09-06 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

I wrote he naval chapter in this book on Russia’s military capabilities, where the English version is now available as a free download.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Book review, Russia

Challenges for European navies

2021-08-26 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Here is my interview with Jeremy Stöhs about the challenges for European navies in an age of renewed great power competition.

Filed Under: Navy, Video

Russian nuclear submarine breaks down during transit of Danish Straits

2021-08-08 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

It was not an impressive show of force, when Russia’s nuclear submarine broke down during transit of the Danish straits.

Filed Under: Navy, Video Tagged With: Denmark, Russia

Russian defense minister complains about propaganda centers in the West

2021-08-08 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Sergey Shoigu clams that strategic propaganda centers operate in Riga, Tallinn and Warsaw to spread misinformation against Russia.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Russia

Cargo spaceships and pipe dreams

2021-07-28 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

CDR Salamander has a scathing critique of general Hyten’s ideas for logistical spaceships and a centralized virtual combat cloud.

Filed Under: Cyber Warfare, Military strategy and politics Tagged With: China, USA

Estonia also has weird rules for innocent passage of foreign warships

2021-07-25 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Estonia requires a 48 hours prior notice before innocent passage of foreign warships, which does not seem in line with UNCLOS. This is counterproductive if Western states want Russia to comply with the treaty.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Estonia

Naval diplomacy with Timothy Choi

2021-07-15 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

In this video Tim Choi explains the basics of naval diplomacy. He also gives his view on the applicability of unmanned ships for FONOPs and a range of other related topics.

Filed Under: Navy, Video Tagged With: Denmark, USA

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