Naval Diplomacy: A Critical Component of National Power

This work offers critical insights into the components of naval diplomacy and the conditions of engagements that could help a nation assert itself in the international system. It provides an elaborate theoretical framework and empirical illustrations that should enable the reader to appreciate the practical relevance of a strong and strategically positioned navy in national development. It highlights the critical role of strategy, policy and technology in shaping national power as well as the theoretical concepts of seapower, maritime strategy, maritime security, national strategy, grand strategy, national policy, national interest and defence policy, among others. Beyond naval constructs, the book also examines the concepts of arms dynamics and military technology, defence economics and interrogates military means as a solution to political conflict.
A synopsis of salient theoretical concepts in strategic discourse, the book highlights the interplay of geostrategy occasioned by changing paradigms in the international system. Its precepts are extensively relevant to the development of the Nigerian Navy and a good read for scholars of strategic studies.

About the Author
George Alily served in the Nigerian Navy retiring as a Captain. While in the Navy, he held both sea and shore commands. He attended the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Nigeria, Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Accra and National War College, Abuja. He holds a master’s degree in International Service (MIS), majoring in International Peace and Conflict Resolution from the American University in Washington, DC.
He is a member of the Royal Institute of Navigation, London, a life member of the US Naval Institute, Annapolis and a fellow of the War College, Nigeria.
He is the author of “Defining Persona: 6 Virtues that Transform Societies”.