Podcast
Dr Sean Andrews, CSC, PhD, Senior Research Fellow at the Changing Character of War Centre, University of Oxford, and Dr Knox Peden, Academic Research Officer in the Sea Power Centre – Australia and a Visiting Fellow in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.
Synopsis: Through the amalgam of their own 125-year anniversary celebrations, and a deteriorating global security environment with critical local and regional implications, 2026 sees the Royal Australian Navy dedicating significant consideration to matters of both history and strategy. In this episode of Saltwater Strategists, host Duncan MacRae sits down with Dr Sean Andrews, CSC and Dr Knox Peden to discuss the importance of both historical and strategic study, and the practical utility of their combined consideration.
Drawing on their respective bodies of research and professional experience, Sean and Knox provide observations and evaluations of historical case studies, reflections on the works of key strategic and historical thinkers, and recommendations on how historical and strategy study can be employed by the modern naval practitioner. A preview of Sean’s forthcoming endeavours, ‘The Goldrick Project’ and ‘The History of Australian Sailors’, and general discussion on the work of the Seapower Centre – Australia, round out this conversation.
Episode Link: https://soundcloud.com/saltwater-strategists/5-5-application-of-naval
Seapower Centre – Australia: https://seapower.navy.gov.au/
