Six Perspectives on Naval Strategy. Karlskrona and Stockholm, 21-23 October 2008

This report is the result of a conference on naval strategy and maritime issues held in Karlskrona, Sweden on the 22nd of October 2008 and at a seminar in Stockholm the following day. The conference papers were subsequently updated and developed in order to take into account the comments and debate that followed during the course of the conference. The conference addressed the global naval developments, the prospects for naval co-operation in Europe, conceptual and structural issues for the Royal Swedish Navy from two different perspectives, how the Royal Navy has tackled structural challenges and lastly an analysis of the emerging problem of piracy on the Horn of Africa and some suggestions on how tdo tackle it. The conference was arranged by the Swedish Defence Research Agency on behalf of the Royal Swedish Navy.