ABSTRACT
Seapower is the product of an amalgam of interconnected constituents that are difficult to tease apart. These constituents are attributes of countries that make it easier or harder for them to be strong at sea. If seapower is indeed to be defined as the capacity to influence the behaviour of other people by what you do at or from sea, then these attributes must be accepted as part of the mix. The broader conceptions of strategy outlined in Section 2.2 imply that what a national government does to nurture these constituents of seapower should indeed be regarded as part of a well-rounded maritime strategy.
