Dr Steven Paget

Steven is the institutional lead for research, innovation, and knowledge exchange, with responsibility for enhancing the research environment, promoting researcher development, and supporting industry engagement. He specialises in military studies and international security, with a particular focus on air and maritime operations, multinational defence cooperation, coalition operations and professional military education.

Email: [email protected]

Background

Steven joined ARU Peterborough as the Senior Development Lead for Research and Knowledge Exchange, having previously held a range of leadership roles at different institutions, most recently as an Associate Dean (Research and Innovation). Previously, he was the Military Programmes Director and lead of the Defence and Security Research Network at the University of Lincoln. Prior to that, he was a Reader in International Security and War Studies and the University of Portsmouth’s Director of Air and Space Power Education based at Royal Air Force (RAF) College Cranwell.

Steven’s research focuses on defence and international security. He takes a multi-domain approach, with a particular interest in air and naval operations. Steven specialises in multinational military cooperation, with a predominant focus on the relationship between the Five Eyes partners: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Steven is passionate about professional military education, based on both his research and his experience of the delivery and management of programmes, with a particular interest in the subject of internationalisation and the development of cultural interoperability.

Research interests

• Air power and aviation
• Naval and maritime studies
• Multinational defence cooperation
• Coalition military operations
• Australian defence
• New Zealand defence
• United Kingdom defence
• United States defence
• Professional military education
• Internationalisation of education

Areas of research supervision

• Defence studies
• International security
• Multinational military cooperation
• Professional military education

Qualifications

• PhD
• MSc
• MLitt
• MA (Hons)

Memberships, editorial boards

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
• Editorial Board Member, Air and Space Power Review

Selected recent publications

Books

Allies in Air Power: A History of Multinational Air Operations (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020).

The Dynamics of Coalition Naval Warfare: The Special Relationship at Sea (Abingdon: Routledge, 2017).

Book Chapters

‘A Small but Significant Contribution: The Royal New Zealand Navy and the Korean War’, in Ian Bowers (ed.), Coalition Navies During the Korean War: Understanding Combined Naval Operations (Abingdon: Routledge, 2024).

With Robert Owen, ‘The South Atlantic War’, in Robert Owen (ed.), Restraining Air Power: Escalation Management between Peer Air Forces (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2022).

‘Multinational Interoperability: A Case of Mind over Matter? Multinational Naval Operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom’, in Thomas Durrell-Young (ed.), US Navy: Case Studies in its Past, Present and Future (Abingdon: Routledge, 2021).

‘Multinational Air Power: The Outlook’, in Steven Paget (ed.), Allies in Air Power: A History of Multinational Air Operations (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020).

‘Magpies and Eagles: Number 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force and the Experience of Coalition Warfare in Vietnam’, in Steven Paget (ed.), Allies in Air Power: A History of Multinational Air Operations (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020).

‘Multinational Air Power: The Context’, in Steven Paget (ed.), Allies in Air Power: A History of Multinational Air Operations (Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2020).

‘Target San Carlos: British Deception during the Repossession of the Falkland Islands’, in Christopher M. Rein (ed.), Weaving the Tangled Web: Military Deception in Large-Scale Combat Operations (Fort Leavenworth: Army University Press, 2018).

Articles

‘Loaning Ships and Leveraging Influence? American and British Responses to the HMAS Voyager Tragedy’, International History Review, 43:4 (2021), pp.836-851.

‘Water Under the Bridge? The Revival of New Zealand-United States Maritime Cooperation’, Naval War College Review, 74:3 (2021), pp.41-64.

‘Harvesting the Rewards of Multinational Cooperation: The Royal Air Force’s Project Seedcorn’, Air & Space power Journal, 35:2 (2021), pp.91-96.

‘The Eeles Memorandum: A Timeless Study in Professional Military Education’, Air and Space Power Review, 21:1 (2021), pp.6-13.

‘Changing Course? Reconsidering the Education for Seapower Strategy’, The Wavell Room, 4 May 2021.

‘Multinational Interoperability: A Case of Mind over Matter? Multinational Naval Operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom’, Defense & Security Analysis, 36:1 (2020), pp.65-87.

‘A Force to Combat Climate Change?’, The Interpreter, 6 August 2020.

‘The New Zealand Defence Force’s Expanding Amphibious Capability’, The Strategist, 17 February 2020.

‘“A Truly Global Approach”: Opportunities for Increased Internationalisaiton in Professional Military Education’, Canadian Military Journal, 20:1 (2019), pp.23-30.

‘Coming Full Circle: The Renaissance of Anzac Amphibiosity’, Naval War College Review, 70:2 (2017), pp.113-136.

‘Under Fire: The Falklands War and the Revival of Naval Gunfire Support’, War in History, 24:2 (2017), pp.217-235.

‘“A Sledgehammer to Crack a Nut”? Naval Gunfire Support during the Malayan Emergency’, Small Wars and Insurgencies, 28:2 (2017), pp.361-384.

‘Interoperability of the Mind: Professional Military Education and the Development of Interoperability’, The RUSI Journal, 161:4 (2016), pp.42-50.

‘The “Best Small Nation Navy in the World”: The Twenty-first Century Royal New Zealand Navy’, Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, 8:3 (2016), pp.230-256.

‘On a New Bearing: The Reorganized Royal Australian Navy at War in Vietnam’, Mariner’s Mirror, 101:3 (2015), pp.283-303.

‘Trial by Fire and Ice: The Royal Australian Navy in Korea, June-December, 1950’, Wartime, 72 (2015), pp.52-58.

‘Old but Gold: The Continued Relevance of Naval Gunfire Support for the Royal Australian Navy’, Security Challenges, 10:3 (2014), pp.73-94.