Sea Power and Hegemonic Transition: The 2011 Baseline Study

By PhD Cengiz Ekin

This English edition is based on the author's doctoral dissertation, originally published in Turkish in 2011 under the title Denizden Y kselen K resel Hegemonya. The present volume preserves the analytical structure, conceptual framework, and empirical horizon of the original study. It should therefore be read as a baseline analysis of the strategic, political, and maritime context of the early 2010s, rather than as a retrospectively updated account of later developments.

The central argument of the book is that global hegemony has historically depended on the establishment and maintenance of hegemony at sea, and that maritime initiatives constitute a decisive mechanism through which such hegemony is built, sustained, challenged, and potentially transferred. The study develops this argument through a conceptual analysis of hegemony, a theoretical model linking maritime hegemony to global hegemony, and an applied examination of China as a potential challenger within the hegemonic order of the period.

The decision in preparing this edition has been to avoid rewriting the book from the standpoint of the mid-2020s. Its value lies precisely in preserving how sea power, maritime strategy, hegemonic transition, and China's rise were conceptualized before many later developments fully accelerated. For this reason, the main body of the text has not been transformed into a contemporary policy report. Editorial work has focused instead on language, coherence, terminology, readability, and publication format.

A later volume is intended to revisit the period from 2011 to 2026 and assess which assumptions, projections, and strategic patterns have endured, changed, or failed. This volume should accordingly be approached as the first part of a broader intellectual project: a historical and analytical baseline for the study of maritime hegemony and global power transition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8F8ZM3J
• ISBN13: 9798186246473
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"