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Work at the intersection of maritime geopolitics, sea power, maritime strategy, technology and the law of the sea.

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Research & publications

Research on the changing relationship between legal maritime freedom, strategic geography, naval power and the growing technological capacity for effective control at sea.
Working Paper
12 September 2026
English · Zenodo · Version 1.0

Mare Dominium: Effective Maritime Control and the Transformation of the Freedom of the Seas

Tevfik Kadan · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22726599

This paper develops the Mare Dominium framework to examine how persistent surveillance, precision strike, unmanned systems, networked sensors and strategic geography may enable forms of effective maritime control even where the formal legal principle of freedom of the seas remains unchanged.

Working paperWhat is Mare Dominium?DOI ↗
Published Essay
Winter 2020–2021
English · BRIQ · Vol. 2, No. 1

The Formulation of the Blue Homeland Doctrine

Tevfik Kadan · BRIQ Belt & Road Initiative Quarterly · 2(1) · pp. 36–50

An examination of the Blue Homeland Doctrine through maritime rights, international law, regional cooperation and Turkey's strategic position in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.

Official publication ↗BRIQ author profile ↗
Conceptual Framework

Mare
Dominium

Not necessarily ownership of the sea, but the capacity to establish effective maritime control through armed power, technology and strategic geography.

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International coverage: Australian Naval Institute

The Age of Conquering the Sea · 24 September 2026 · Feature on the Mare Dominium framework.

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Related book: Denizlerin Fethi Çağı

Mare Liberum'dan Mare Dominium'a · Tevfik Kadan · Kaynak Yayınları · 2026 · ISBN 9786256953918

ENGLISH DOSSIER →TÜRKÇE KİTAP SAYFASI →
Researcher: Tevfik Kadan
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