Small States as Maritime Powers

Dr. Rory Miller serves as PI on this interdisciplinary research project led by faculty at the War Studies department at King’s College London. The project focuses on how small states, states with limited material capabilities but stakes in shaping the order at sea, seek to strike a balance between their naval interests and their maritime security interests. It examines how small states in different maritime theatres view problems of order at sea, and seek to mobilize material and normative resources to address them. In doing so, the project casts the spotlight on a largely underexplored group of actors – Small Maritime Powers (SMPs) – and explains why their perspectives matter. These issues are addressed by 20 scholars from 17 institutions covering 13 Oceans and Seas. Dr. Miller and his collaborator Dr. Fahad Al-Marri contribute to this project by covering the issue of Qatar as a Small Maritime Power.