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The Control of the Straits and the Naval Policy of the British Empire
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2026-06-17
The naval policy of the British Empire can be analysed through the same categories used to describe the maritime power of Rome: the control of obligatory passages — straits, canals, capes — the command of the lines of communication, and the capacity to make others’ transit conditional.
The two experiences are separated by two millennia and by a complete technological transformation, from sail to steam, from the broadside to the long gun, from the coaling station to the submarine telegraph cable. Yet, at the level of strategic logic, they share a structure.
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