ABSTRACT
The way in which the four attributes of the sea and the cooperation-conflict spectrum introduced in Chapter 1 intersect with each other will shape the future of seapower and the consequent role of the world’s navies in the twenty-first century. While there is likely to be a considerable increase in cooperative naval/maritime endeavour both at and from the sea, traditional Mahanian ideas and naval necessities based on national and alliance competition will act as a constant if diminishing constraint.
