PhD candidate at KCL: Cold War sea power theory. Sails and cycles slowly.https://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3msx7ee4ly22dDenmark is preparing to run convoys in the Baltic. My chapter 5 in https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/986/ gives the six ways of protecting shipping with convoy the best. And my article in Survival explains how many Baltic convoys would be needed in war: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/GWQYQQYPX5QCAQPR7GS8/full?target=10.1080/00396338.2026.2704399 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx7ee4ly22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3mrtyjj6j4k2xWith economic warfare and attacks on shipping constantly in the news a new book that tackles both seems timely. Greg Kennedy, @annakbrinkman.bsky.social and Antulio Echevaria's edited Economic Warfare is now out and can be freely downloaded here: https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/986/ 1/230 Jul 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtyjj6j4k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3mrfzutzddk2mThe idea that NATO needs sea control of the Baltic in the event of war has become accepted, but the discussion remains vague unless we have the numbers of ship movements needed to sustain Finland and the Baltic States, and how to make that happen. 1/324 Jul 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfzutzddk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3mjzcpvvg5k25My "Writing the History of the Royal Navy, 1945-2020" is out with IJMH (link in next text), surveying interesting new work by Ed Hampshire and Peter Hore, and covering mistakes in existing work such as the Official History of the Falklands Campaign, and where gaps remain. 1/221 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzcpvvg5k25https://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3mbtc5n24vs2zI am not convinced about several of the statements below, but they are an excellent list nonetheless. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jan 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtc5n24vs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3mbt5qwfros2kI had not been aware of this development. For renewable energy this is doubtless useful; from a military perspective it, and the doubtless further examples that follow, is another piece of energy infrastructure to attack and defend. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jan 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbt5qwfros2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3m62bv7y6uk2dhttps://dailysceptic.org/2025/11/19/kings-college-london-has-ceased-to-be-a-university/20 Nov 2025 07:51 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62bv7y6uk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3m5gfzqdhdk23It 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. https://www.naval-review.com/book-reviews/no-uncertain-sound-the-life-and-times-of-admiral-sir-jock-slater/12 Nov 2025 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5gfzqdhdk23https://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3m54jenco4s27I've had two articles out in The Naval Review recently: https://www.naval-review.com/news-views/advice-from-the-cold-war/08 Nov 2025 11:45 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m54jenco4s27https://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3lynhfeemnk2cI'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: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/sea-power-thought-in-the-cold-war12 Sep 2025 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynhfeemnk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3lxendpe4pc2dThere 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... https://www.naval-review.com/book-reviews/thinking-before-sinking-red-and-blue-ai-tactics-for-naval-combat/27 Aug 2025 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxendpe4pc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3lna66txq3s2kThis is a genuinely good summary of how history is written: https://acoup.blog/2025/03/07/collections-what-do-historians-do/20 Apr 2025 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lna66txq3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3lievy27uzs22Do 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. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/thinking-well-royal-navy-doctrine-in-the-cold-war17 Feb 2025 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lievy27uzs22https://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3lfey77k6vc2zCulture 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) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071847.2024.243346810 Jan 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfey77k6vc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3lcun3nttnk2tHow 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/x09 Dec 2024 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcun3nttnk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/andrewlivsey.bsky.social/post/3lbhbaxrzl225There 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/x21 Nov 2024 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:k7noan3vmfcsttysbptnegbr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhbaxrzl225