Andrew Livsey
@andrewlivsey.bsky.social
PhD candidate at KCL: Cold War sea power theory. Sails and cycles slowly.
It was a pleasure to review Peter Hore's excellent biography of Jock Slater, First Sea Lord 1995-8, which also reveals much hitherto unexplored about the Royal Navy of the 1990s. I do though query whether Slater kept himself almost too busy.
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No Uncertain Sound: The Life and Times of Admiral Sir Jock Slater - The Naval Review
192 pages
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November 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It was a pleasure to review Peter Hore's excellent biography of Jock Slater, First Sea Lord 1995-8, which also reveals much hitherto unexplored about the Royal Navy of the 1990s. I do though query whether Slater kept himself almost too busy.
www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...
www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...
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Just attended this. Very interesting, lots to think about!
Kings Maritime History Seminars begin 2 October 2025 📣
First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey
📍King’s College London
Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26
First lecture is on 'Sea Power Thought in the Cold War' by PhD Student, Andrew Livsey
📍King’s College London
Find out more🔗 https://www.maritimehistory.org.uk/news/items/kings-maritime-history-seminars-2025-26
October 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just attended this. Very interesting, lots to think about!
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It’s a good day to delete your account on academia dot edu
September 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It’s a good day to delete your account on academia dot edu
I'm delighted that I'll be speaking at KCL at 1715 on Thursday 2 October about sea power thought in the Cold War. There is much from what our predecessors worked out that has relevance today. Do join in person or on-line:
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sea-p...
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sea-p...
King’s Maritime History Seminars: Sea power thought in the Cold War | King's College London
This event in the King's Maritime History Seminar series features Andrew Livsey discussing the development of sea power thought during the Cold War, focusing on how the US Navy advanced its maritime s...
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September 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I'm delighted that I'll be speaking at KCL at 1715 on Thursday 2 October about sea power thought in the Cold War. There is much from what our predecessors worked out that has relevance today. Do join in person or on-line:
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sea-p...
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sea-p...
There is much talk of AI in warfare, but rather less progress in applying it usefully to naval tactics. In this short piece for The Naval Review I reviewed a recent German effort. There is some way to go yet...
www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...
www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...
Thinking Before Sinking: Red and Blue AI Tactics for Naval Combat - The Naval Review
40 pages
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August 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
There is much talk of AI in warfare, but rather less progress in applying it usefully to naval tactics. In this short piece for The Naval Review I reviewed a recent German effort. There is some way to go yet...
www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...
www.naval-review.com/book-reviews...
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If you want to know more about what historians actually do, I've covered that in two posts, one on what the job of a research historian actually is (acoup.blog/2025/03/07/c...) and another on how that research moves through other kinds of historians to reach the public (acoup.blog/2020/07/09/c...)
Collections: What Do Historians Do?
For this week, I want to take a step back (we’ll be back to our series on Rings of Power next week!) and talk about the craft of history: we’ve talked about “How Your History Gets…
acoup.blog
July 30, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If you want to know more about what historians actually do, I've covered that in two posts, one on what the job of a research historian actually is (acoup.blog/2025/03/07/c...) and another on how that research moves through other kinds of historians to reach the public (acoup.blog/2020/07/09/c...)
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⚓No More Napoleons: How did Britain manage Europe from Waterloo to WWI?
Join Prof Andrew Lambert for the launch of the Corbett Sea Power Centre + the 2025 Peter N. Davies Lecture
🗓️18 June |17:15 | Strand Campus & Online
🎟️Free & open to all – Register: bit.ly/4kGshce
Join Prof Andrew Lambert for the launch of the Corbett Sea Power Centre + the 2025 Peter N. Davies Lecture
🗓️18 June |17:15 | Strand Campus & Online
🎟️Free & open to all – Register: bit.ly/4kGshce
June 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
⚓No More Napoleons: How did Britain manage Europe from Waterloo to WWI?
Join Prof Andrew Lambert for the launch of the Corbett Sea Power Centre + the 2025 Peter N. Davies Lecture
🗓️18 June |17:15 | Strand Campus & Online
🎟️Free & open to all – Register: bit.ly/4kGshce
Join Prof Andrew Lambert for the launch of the Corbett Sea Power Centre + the 2025 Peter N. Davies Lecture
🗓️18 June |17:15 | Strand Campus & Online
🎟️Free & open to all – Register: bit.ly/4kGshce
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Had great fun recording this podcast on Economic Warfare with my friend and colleague @andrewlivsey.bsky.social for the Marriner’s Mirror and @rnssc.bsky.social series: Seapower Past and Present. Have a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/1Za0...
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Seapower Past & Present 1: Economic Warfare
The Mariner's Mirror Podcast · Episode
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May 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Had great fun recording this podcast on Economic Warfare with my friend and colleague @andrewlivsey.bsky.social for the Marriner’s Mirror and @rnssc.bsky.social series: Seapower Past and Present. Have a listen!
open.spotify.com/episode/1Za0...
open.spotify.com/episode/1Za0...
This is a genuinely good summary of how history is written: acoup.blog/2025/03/07/c...
Collections: What Do Historians Do?
For this week, I want to take a step back (we’ll be back to our series on Rings of Power next week!) and talk about the craft of history: we’ve talked about “How Your History Gets…
acoup.blog
April 20, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This is a genuinely good summary of how history is written: acoup.blog/2025/03/07/c...
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Great in-depth article about Norway and allies' defence of the High North
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April 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Great in-depth article about Norway and allies' defence of the High North
Do you consider the Royal Navy to be a thinking organisation? King's College London have kindly published a summary of my article on the development of Royal Navy tactical doctrine in the Cold War. With the return of peer competition there are some lessons for today. www.kcl.ac.uk/thinking-wel...
Thinking Well: Royal Navy Doctrine in the Cold War
Andrew Livsey provides insight into how the Royal Navy’s groundbreaking tactical doctrine redefined Cold War strategy and laid the foundation for NATO
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February 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Do you consider the Royal Navy to be a thinking organisation? King's College London have kindly published a summary of my article on the development of Royal Navy tactical doctrine in the Cold War. With the return of peer competition there are some lessons for today. www.kcl.ac.uk/thinking-wel...
Culture famously eats strategy for breakfast* but there has been little written about Royal Navy culture recently, and some of it is wrong. This is my attempt, kindly published by RUSI.
(* though Drucker probably didn't say it)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(* though Drucker probably didn't say it)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Royal Navy Culture: What to Keep and What to Change
In this article, Andrew Livsey offers the first explanation in decades of the Royal Navy culture; corrects previous misconceptions; and makes a case for what the Navy should seek to change, and how. ◼
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January 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Culture famously eats strategy for breakfast* but there has been little written about Royal Navy culture recently, and some of it is wrong. This is my attempt, kindly published by RUSI.
(* though Drucker probably didn't say it)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(* though Drucker probably didn't say it)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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.
New Year, new opportunity? Could it be you? Please re-post if you think any of your followers might be interested.
We are hiring!
This is a brilliant opportunity to join the Civil Service and start to carve out a career in policy and strategy.
There will be admin tasks, of course, but the work is fascinating and rewarding.
DM for a chat.
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This is a brilliant opportunity to join the Civil Service and start to carve out a career in policy and strategy.
There will be admin tasks, of course, but the work is fascinating and rewarding.
DM for a chat.
www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
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December 21, 2024 at 4:24 PM
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.
New Year, new opportunity? Could it be you? Please re-post if you think any of your followers might be interested.
How did western Cold War Navies work together in practice? My article on the development of Royal Navy tactical doctrine in the cold war is out (link at end). It explans how year after year of Royal Navy work on classified doctrine was vital for RN and NATO success. This is a shameless plug. 1/x
December 9, 2024 at 11:33 AM
How did western Cold War Navies work together in practice? My article on the development of Royal Navy tactical doctrine in the cold war is out (link at end). It explans how year after year of Royal Navy work on classified doctrine was vital for RN and NATO success. This is a shameless plug. 1/x
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We are new to Bluesky. Take a look at some of our work. We post on LinkedIn and will begin to make contributions here, too.
www.linkedin.com/posts/rrnssc...
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Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre on LinkedIn: Rethinking European Sea Power
How have - and must - our European concepts of sea power evolve in our post-Imperial reality?
The product of a conference held at Trinity House, this primer -…
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November 30, 2024 at 8:30 AM
We are new to Bluesky. Take a look at some of our work. We post on LinkedIn and will begin to make contributions here, too.
www.linkedin.com/posts/rrnssc...
www.linkedin.com/posts/rrnssc...
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There have been some excellent books published recently on current maritime issues, and (to shamelessly plug myself) I have been privileged to review a few of them for The Naval Review. My latest reviews are: 1/x
November 21, 2024 at 10:32 AM
There have been some excellent books published recently on current maritime issues, and (to shamelessly plug myself) I have been privileged to review a few of them for The Naval Review. My latest reviews are: 1/x