BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 16.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20250127T114234Z DESCRIPTION:THIS COLLOQUIUM WILL BE IN KOSSIAKOFF CENTER AUDITORIUM\n \nJHU /APL Colloquium - www.jhuapl.edu/colloquium \n \nTOPIC: The Neptune Factor – Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Con cept of $ea Power\n \nSPEAKER: Nicholas Lambert\, Historian\n \nIn this f ireside chat\, author Nicholas Lambert will discuss The Neptune Factor wit h APL Asst. Director Jim Miller and APL Senior Fellow Admiral James Stavri dis (USN Ret.)\n \nThe Neptune Factor is the biography of an idea—the co ncept of “Sea Power\,” a term first coined by Capt. A.T. Mahan and t he core thread of his life’s work. His central argument was that the out come of rivalries on the seas have decisively shaped the course of modern history. Although Mahan’s scholarship has long been seen as foundational to all systematic study of naval power\, The Neptune Factor is the first attempt to explain how Mahan’s definition of sea power shifted over time .\n \nFar from presenting sea power in terms of combat\, as often thought\ , Mahan conceptualized it in terms of economics. Proceeding from the convi ction that international trade carried across the world’s oceans was the single greatest driver of national wealth (and thus power) in history\, M ahan explained sea power in terms of regulating access to ‘the common’ and influencing the flows of trans-oceanic trade.  A nation possessing sea power could not only safeguard its own trade and that of its allies\, but might also endeavor to deny access to the common to its enemies and co mpetitors.\n \nA pioneering student of what is now referred to as the firs t era of globalization\, lasting from the late nineteenth century until th e First World War\, Mahan also identified the growing dependence of nation al economies upon uninterrupted access to an interconnected global trading system. Put simply\, access to ‘the common’ was essential to the econ omic and political stability of advanced societies. This growing dependenc e\, Mahan thought\, increased rather than decreased the potency of sea pow er.\n \nUnderstanding the critical relationship between navies and interna tional economics is not the only reason why Mahan’s ideas remain—or ra ther have once again become—so important. He wrote in\, and of\, a multi -polar world\, when the reigning hegemon faced new challengers\, and confu sion and uncertainty reigned as the result of rapid technological change a nd profound social upheaval. Mahan believed that the U.S. Navy owed the Am erican people a compelling explanation of why it deserved their support— and their money. His extensive\, deeply informed\, and highly sophisticate d body of work on sea power constituted his attempt to supply such an expl anation.   Mahan remains as relevant—and needed—today as he was more than a century ago.\n \nNicholas Lambert is a historian and a leading aut hority on the strategic implications of globalization. He received his B.A . with a double major in economics and in history\, his M.A. in history an d economics\, and his D.Phil. in modern history from Worcester College\, U niversity of Oxford. Afterwards\, he held an Olin Fellowship at Yale Unive rsity. In addition to The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Conc ept of $ea Power (Naval Institute Press\, 2023)\, he has written three oth er research monographs: Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War (Harvard University Press\, 2012)\, in which he pionee red the concept of weaponizing the infrastructure of the global trading sy stem\, and which was awarded the Norman B. Tomlinson Prize\; The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaster: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to its Worst Defeat of the First World War (Oxford University Press\, 2021)\, which wa s awarded the John Lyman Prize\; and Sir John Fisher’s Naval Revolution (University of South Carolina Press\, 1999)\, which received both the Norm an B. Tomlinson Prize and the Society for Military History’s Distinguish ed Book Award. He is also the author of twenty research articles in leadin g journals. His most recent commentary has appeared in Wall Street Journal and the Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute. Lambert resides outside Philadelphia with his family\, having previously lived in Washington\, DC\ , as well as India\, Taiwan\, and Australia. From 2016 to 2018\, he held t he ‘Class of 1957 Distinguished Chair in Naval Heritage’ at the US Nav al Academy\, and is privileged to be an honorary member of the Class of ‘57.\n DTEND;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20250305T150000 DTSTAMP:20250127T114234Z DTSTART;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20250305T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20250127T114234Z LOCATION:Kossiakoff Center Auditorium PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Colloquium - Nicholas Lambert - The Neptune Factor - Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of $ea Power TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000B05E2B12A94BDB01000000000000000 01000000081CC21DDCFA9DC4B8CDC44C59F16FE00 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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TOPIC:< /b> T he Neptune Factor –\; Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of $ea Power

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SPEAKER:< /b> Nicholas Lambert\, Historian

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In this fireside chat\, author Nicholas Lambert will discuss The N eptune Factor with APL Asst. Director Jim Miller and APL Senior Fellow Admiral James Stavridis (USN Ret.)

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The Neptune Factor  \;is the bio graphy of an idea—\;the concept of “\;Sea Power\,”\; \ ;a term first coined by Capt. A.T. Mahan and the core thread of his life&# 8217\;s work. His central argument was that the outcome of rivalries on th e seas have decisively shaped the course of modern history. Although Mahan ’\;s scholarship has long been seen as foundational to all systematic study of naval power\, \;The Neptune Factor \;is the first attempt to explain how Mahan’\;s definition of sea power shifted ove r time.

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Far from pre senting sea power in terms of combat\, as often thought\, Mahan conceptual ized it in terms of economics. Proceeding from the conviction that interna tional trade carried across the world’\;s oceans was the single great est driver of national wealth (and thus power) in history\, Mahan explaine d sea power in terms of regulating access to ‘\;the common’\; an d influencing the flows of trans-oceanic trade.  \;A nation possessin g sea power could not only safeguard its own trade and that of its allies\ , but might also endeavor to deny access to the common to its enemies and competitors.

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A pione ering student of what is now referred to as the first era of globalization \, lasting from the late nineteenth century until the First World War\, Ma han also identified the growing dependence of national economies upon unin terrupted access to an interconnected global trading system. Put simply\, access to ‘\;the common’\; was essential to the economic and pol itical stability of advanced societies. This growing dependence\, Mahan th ought\, increased rather than decreased the potency of sea power.

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Understanding the critical r elationship between navies and international economics is not the only rea son why Mahan’\;s ideas remain—\;or rather have once again becom e—\;so important. He wrote in\, and of\, a multi-polar world\, when t he reigning hegemon faced new challengers\, and confusion and uncertainty reigned as the result of rapid technological change and profound social up heaval. Mahan believed that the U.S. Navy owed the American people a compe lling explanation of why it deserved their support—\;and their money. His extensive\, deeply informed\, and highly sophisticated body of work o n sea power constituted his attempt to supply such an explanation.  \ ; Mahan remains as relevant—\;and needed—\;today as he was more than a century ago.

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N icholas Lambert is a historian and a leading authority on the strategic i mplications of globalization. He received his B.A. with a double major in economics and in history\, his M.A. in history and economics\, and his D.P hil. in modern history from Worcester College\, University of Oxford. Afte rwards\, he held an Olin Fellowship at Yale University. In addition to&nbs p\;The Neptune Factor: Alfred Thayer Mahan and the Concept of $ea Power \;(Naval Institute Press\, 2023)\, he h as written three other research monographs: \;Planning Armageddon: British Economic Warfare and the First World War \;(Harvard Univer sity Press\, 2012)\, in which he pioneered the concept of weaponizing the infrastructure of the global trading system\, and which was awarded the No rman B. Tomlinson Prize\; \;The War Lords and the Gallipoli Disaste r: How Globalized Trade Led Britain to its Worst Defeat of the First World War \;(Oxford University Press\, 2021)\, which was awarded the Jo hn Lyman Prize\; and Sir John Fisher’\;s Naval Revolution (University of South Carolina Press\, 1999)\, which received both the Norman B. Tomli nson Prize and the Society for Military History’\;s Distinguished Boo k Award. He is also the author of twenty research articles in leading jour nals. His most recent commentary has appeared in \;Wall Street Jour nal \;and the \;Proceedings \;of the U.S. Naval Ins titute. Lambert resides outside Philadelphia with his family\, having prev iously lived in Washington\, DC\, as well as India\, Taiwan\, and Australi a. From 2016 to 2018\, he held the ‘\;Class of 1957 Distinguished Cha ir in Naval Heritage’\; at the US Naval Academy\, and is privileged t o be an honorary member of the Class of ‘\;57.

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