Emma Salisbury

Main areas of expertise: Naval operations and strategy, military innovation, defence-industrial base, procurement, British and American defence policy.Dr Emma Salisbury is an Associate Fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, a senior staffer for a Member of Parliament and a Contributing Editor at War on the Rocks. She holds a PhD and MSc from Birkbeck, University of London and an MA from Christ Church College, University of Oxford.

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Empowering Britain’s maritime-industrial base

Emma Salisbury identifies the centrality of the maritime industry to British interests and recommends how the UK can enhance the sector

The value and challenges of AUKUS

Emma Salisbury identifies the centrality of AUKUS to British strategic interests and recommends how the UK can improve its chances of success

The Strategic Defence Review, Britain and sea power

Emma Salisbury and James Rogers argue that the new government should place sea power at the heart of its agenda

Empowering Britain’s warship production

Emma Salisbury examines how Britain’s naval shipbuilding production can be enhanced in a more competitive era

China’s PLAN: Maritime dominion beyond the South China Sea

Emma Salisbury investigates the PRC’s naval build up and modernisation and its implications for the geopolitics of the South China Sea

A more lethal Royal Navy: Sharpening Britain’s naval power

William Freer and Emma Salisbury investigate how Britain can sharpen its naval power for increased geopolitical competition

Sunak vs. Starmer: The battle of the defence budget

Dr Emma Salisbury analyses the recent defence spending commitments made by the Conservative party in the UK

British foreign and defence policy in an election year

Dr Emma Salisbury analyses how British foreign and defence policy may change in 2024, and how this change differs from other election years

Lessons from Britain’s National Shipbuilding Strategy

Emma Salisbury investigates the issues facing global shipbuilding and where British strategy may provide a way forward

Naval innovation in a maritime century

Prof. Alessio Patalano and Emma Salisbury underscore the importance of innovation in providing the UK with a strategic edge in the maritime domain