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- Romania: Between a Theoretical Threat and a Layered Defence
- The decline of Iran’s naval power in the current conflict. The destruction of major platforms and the survival of asymmetric capabilities
- Iran’s Islands and the Strategic Architecture of the Strait of Hormuz
- The possibility of establishing a special regime for the Strait of Hormuz: legal, maritime and geopolitical arguments
- The French nuclear deterrence initiative and European security: legal and strategic implications of a debate on Romania
- “The Stratified Conflict: Multidomain Warfare and Iran’s Strategic Dynamics in the Middle East”
- PHASES OF THE ATTACK ON IRAN AND MULTIDOMAIN WARFARE
- FOUR YEARS OF WAR IN UKRAINE
- Iran’s air defence system
- The need to reevaluate maritime doctrine following the introduction of maritime drones into the Romanian Navy
- Artificial Intelligence in Defense: Between Technological Enthusiasm and Operational Reality
- 2026 – Will the Munich Security Conference be without expectations?
- The implementation of naval drones in the Romanian Naval Forces – a necessity
- The multi-domain deadlock in the context of Romania and the Black Sea
- Integrated military cooperation for the protection of offshore energy platforms in the Black Sea
- NAVY ARSENAL – Explanatory Memorandum
- The Phantom Fleet and maritime security challenges
- China’s military leadership faces a serious problem
- The possibility of Romania initiating a project similar to Nordic-Baltic Eight
- From Davos to the White House: Donald Trump’s Peace Council and Romania’s dilemma
- THE US, CHINA, AND TUCIDIDES’ TRAP
- ATTACK ON OFFSHORE TARGETS IN THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NATO COLLECTIVE DEFENCE
- Operationalization of the European Maritime Security Hub in the Black Sea
- The European Maritime Security Hub in the Black Sea. A major challenge for Romania.
- “Resetting military strategy: multi-domain operations and the emergence of artificial intelligence S8NTH Strategic Engine as a decision-making accelerator”
- Securitate maritima – tancuri petroliere si industria de petrol si gaze
- Legal aspects of unmanned maritime systems
- Sub-conventional conflicts in the maritime domain in the Black Sea
- Network-centric warfare and its implications for the maritime domain
- Russian authorities temporarily suspend operations at the CPC terminal in the Black Sea. Possible implications for Romania?
- Deficiencies in Romania’s military procurement system
- THE IMPLICATIONS OF CYBER ACTIONS ON MARITIME SECURITY
- Combat Management System versus Command and Control (C2)
- IS ROMANIA PREPARED TO PROTECT ITS CRITICAL MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE?
- COMBATING NAVAL DRONES
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- Naval helicopters and their role in combating surface vessels
- The global influence of the Vatican and its role in world geopolitic-PDF
- The global influence of the Vatican and its role in world geopolitics
- The light corvette, an immediate solution to regional challenges
- Lessons learned applicable to the Romanian Naval Forces: strategic perspectives and needs for modernisation and equipment
- Russia’s strategic naval collapse (2022-2025) in the context of the war in Ukraine
- Russia’s strategic naval collapse (2022-2025) in the context of the war in Ukraine
- Can the empires of the world be “resurrected?
- The Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline A subject of negotiations?
- “The US Air Bases in Romania: Strategic Pawns in NATO’s Security Architecture and Global Geopolitics”
- Arctic Region – Melting Ice, Rising Tensions
- The Lepanto trap – what remains after the first naval battle?
- UK NATO and the Royal Navy A Defense Without America
- IS ROMANIA PREPARED FOR THE PROTECTION OF ITS OWN CRITICAL MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE?
- STRATEGIC CHANGES IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE MARITIME DOMAIN
- Romania, possible increase in security responsibilities
- How much does it cost? “War and Peace”
- Romania and Yalta 2.0- Dual Strategies and Reconfigurations of Influence
- WILL CHINA BE THE WORLD’S FIRST WORLD POWER IN THE NEXT DECADE?
- After three years of war, Russia is still an energy superpower?
- Maritime Critical Infrastructure
- Modernization of the Romanian Naval Forces: A Problem?
- Analysis of the Motivations of the Algerian Navy’s Choice of the Type 056 Corvettes from China
- Point Defense Missile Systems
- The Panama Canal: A Strategic Piece in the US Geopolitical Game
- Shipyards, an essential element of Romania’s maritime power
- Romania and Davos 2025
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- Donald Trump’s geopolitical vision
- Greenland – a current and prospective geostrategic issue
- Strategic directions of Romania’s national defense in 2025
- The Regulatory borders of the Black Sea through the Cartography of European Union Law and International Law
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- A POSSIBLE VISION: REBUILDING MARITIME ROMANIA
- The Imperative of a Maritime Security Policy and Strategy for Romania
- MARITIME SECURITY AND THE LAW OF THE SEA
- Importance of National Security Policy and Strategy
- TOWARDS ENSURING MARITIME SECURITY IN THE BLACK SEA REGION
- ROMANIA’S NATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE BLACK SEA, THE DANUBE AND THE PLANETARY OCEAN
- The role of the maritime and inland waterway sector in Romania’s economy
- CONCEPTUAL APPROACH TO MARITIME SECURITY IN CONTEMPORARY SECURITY STUDIES, CONCLUSIONS FOR THE SITUATION OF ROMANIA
- THE EMERGENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MARITIME SECURITY STUDIES AS A NEW FIELD OF GEOPOLITICAL REFLECTION AND RESEARCH
- Romania’s maritime resilience in the age of hybrid threats and the importance of a Maritime Security Strategy
- Romania: A centerpiece in the revitalization of the Silk Road for the 21st century
- CHINA OPTION
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- Regional Detension in the Middle East and North Africa
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- The influence of Russia and the Ukrainian War in the Asia-Pacific area
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- To ensure security in the Black Sea region
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- A NEW NATO STRATEGIC POINT IN THE BALKAN AND BLACK SEA AREA
- PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES – A POSSIBLE PLAYER IN THE WAR AT SEA?
- The war in Ukraine – reflections
- A new Black Sea strategy for a new Black Sea reality
- STATE IMMUNITY, BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE
- Maritime security and the law of the sea
- Resilience and importance of the maritime sector in the Romanian economy
- Montreux Convention – a factor of stability or a catalyst for insecurity in the Black Sea Region
- The Black Sea in the Geopolitical equation
- Implications of war on the marine environment
- After a year of war, possible scenarios
- “SEA BLINDNESS”
- Does Romania need a Maritime Policy and a Maritime Strategy?
- Are missile ships still relevant in modern warfare?
- Do we need military science?
- War in Ukraine, how the nature of power is changing
- Maritime Romania
- The problem of Arabat and Genichesk
- Energy, freedom of navigation and the China-Russia relationship
- Winter militarization: Can Ukraine prevent Russia from regrouping as temperatures drop?
- THE INFLUENCE OF BLACK SEA CHARACTERISTICS ON THE ASSEMBLED OPERATIONS
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- THE RELATIVE DOMINANCE OF RUSSIAN NAVAL POWER IN THE BLACK SEA
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Aurel POPA
Admiral (ret.) PhD.
President
Sorin LEARSCHI
RAdm(LH) (ret.) Principal lect. PhD.
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Ion CUSTURĂ
RAdm(LH) (ret.) PhD.
Deputy director
Experts
Marius Hanganu
RAdm(LH) (ret.) prof. univ. PhD.
CLC Laurentiu MIRONESCU
Director COREMAR, President of the Romanian Naval League
Ion Plăviciosu
Vam. (ret.) PhD.
Ștefan Dănilă
Gl. (ret.) PhD.
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A new study by the Maritime Security Forum entitled: Russia’s strategic naval naval collapse in the context of the war in Ukraine (2022-2025)
ARGUMENT
The analysis of contemporary conflicts, especially in their naval dimension, remains insufficiently covered in recent strategic literature, despite the marked developments in the tools and technologies of sea warfare. Our century, marked by the chameleonic features of hybrid warfare, the intersection of the gray areas of confrontation with new combat technologies, has revealed a dynamic of naval conflicts that can no longer be understood solely in conventional terms of numerical or technological superiority.
Our study aims to provide those interested with an in-depth strategic analysis of one of the least anticipated yet spectacular phenomena of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict: the accelerated degradation of the myth of the Russian Federation’s naval capabilities, especially in the Black Sea, as a result of Ukraine’s technological, tactical and informational adaptation.
Between 2022 and 2025, the war between Russia and Ukraine produced major transformations not only on land and in the air, but also in maritime space, demonstrating that traditional naval supremacy can be rapidly eroded through asymmetric, creative and relatively low-cost means. The Russian fleet, perceived for decades as an essential instrument of force projection in the Black Sea, became, in the course of the conflict, a vivid example of the vulnerability of conventional large structures to new types of warfare.
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