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About us
The Maritime Security Forum (hereafter used with the acronym “MSF”) is the scientific initiative of the ADMIRALS CLUB and is a platform for creating and disseminating knowledge and information in maritime security, which carries out a scientific activity and organizes information and public debate events. The MSF is also an environment for public dissemination and communication in naval policy, shipping, safety, maritime security and defence. Through cooperation with the professional-institutional and the academic and scientific research environment, the MSF offers opportunities to connect and integrate into the national networks of knowledge, dissemination and collaboration in the fields of naval policies, the development of the Blue Economy, security and defence, safety, maritime resilience and naval transport, to develop synergistic programs in the areas of interest.
Staff
Aurel POPA
Admiral (ret.) PhD.
President
Sorin LEARSCHI
RAdm(LH) (ret.) Principal lect. PhD.
Director
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.
Articles
- The global influence of the Vatican and its role in world geopolitics
Sharing is Caring: Copy 0 Twitter 0 Facebook 0 More Sharing is Caring: Copy 0 Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Reddit 0 Pinterest 0 225 The global influence of the Vatican and its role in world geopolitics Author: Admiral (ret.) PhD. Aurel POPA, President of the Maritime Security Forum The cardinals gather before the start of… Read More »The global influence of the Vatican and its role in world geopolitics - The light corvette, an immediate solution to regional challengesSharing is Caring: Copy 0 Twitter 0 Facebook 0 More Sharing is Caring: Copy 0 Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Reddit 0 Pinterest 0 102 The light corvette, an immediate solution to regional challenges-Cam (rtr) Dr Constantin CIOROBEA[1] “… we need to think more broadly about the environment in our neighbourhood. We need to take a… Read More »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
Sharing is Caring: Copy 0 Twitter 0 Facebook 0 More Sharing is Caring: Copy 0 Twitter 0 Facebook 0 Reddit 0 Pinterest 0 180 Lessons learned applicable to the Romanian Naval Forces: strategic perspectives and needs for modernisation and equipment–Author Admiral (rtr) PhD. Aurel POPA president Maritime Security Forum “The ultimate goal of maritime… Read More »Lessons learned applicable to the Romanian Naval Forces: strategic perspectives and needs for modernisation and equipment
MS Daily Brief
The Maritime Security Forum is pleased to provide you with a product, in the form of a daily newsletter, through which we present the most relevant events and information on naval issues, especially those related to maritime security and other related areas. It aims to present a clear and concise assessment of the most recent and relevant news in this area, with references to sources of information. MS Daily Brief will be published from Monday to Friday. Saturday will be published Weekly Brief
Events
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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