About Us

Dr. Jacob Thomas-Llewellyn is Assistant Professor in the Defense and Security Program at Rabdan Academy. He was previously a Resident Researcher with the Centre for Army Leadership (CAL) at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and most recently was a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at the University of Reading, where he taught across undergraduate and postgraduate levels and lectured on International Relations Theory, Strategic Studies and Warfare.

His PhD was a study of British civil-military relations during the Second World War, with a specific focus on industrial mobilization and the planning, fabrication and delivery of the artificial Mulberry Harbours and the Pipeline Under the Ocean (PLUTO). 

He is a recipient of the Peter Campbell Prize, awarded by the University of Reading and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Alongside his academic duties, he is an avid book collector and has a particular interest in 17^th century military manuals. He is also an experienced fly fisherman and military wargamer.

• PhD, Modern History, Department of History, University of Reading.
• MA, Strategic Studies, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading.
• BA (Hons), War, Peace and International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Reading.

• Military Strategy and Theory
• Military History 

• Medieval Warfare and Logistics.
• The English Civil War and the Thirty Years War.
• Total War Economics and Mobilization.
• Counterinsurgency Operations in Indochina.
• Civil-Military Engineering.
• Second World War - Allied Logistics in Western Europe, 1943-1944.

Book Chapters:

• ‘Why do international responses to fragile, failing and failed states remain selective?’, in David Brown (ed), Fragile and Failing States: Challenges and Responses, Havant: Howgate, 2020.




Journal Articles:

• ‘Can the Second World War offer a blueprint for solving the coronavirus ventilator challenge’, The Conversation, 8th May 2020.
• ‘Shadow over the Rising Sun: Nippon’s Destitute Strategy in the Pacific War’, The Royal Logistic Corps Foundation Review, 2021, pp.8-14.
• ‘Project OS-6: The Laying of the Lake Ladoga Fuel Pipeline, 1942-1943’, The Royal Logistic Corps Foundation Review, 2022, pp.14-19.
• ‘The Field of Carnage: Reinterpreting the Battle of Muret, 1213’, Hobilar: The Journal of the Lance and Longbow Society, Vol. XXIII, Issue. IV, 2023, pp.2-13.
• ‘Between a Rock and a Heretics Place: The Siege of Termes, 1210’, Hobilar: The Journal of the Lance and Longbow Society, Vol. XXIII, Issue. V, 2023, pp.2-10.
• ‘Hollow Victory: The Battle of Bryn Glas, Wales – 1402’, Hobilar: The Journal of the Lance and Longbow Society, Vol. XXIII, Issue. VI, 2023.
• ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI): Don’t Worry About Tomorrow – Its Already Here!’, The Royal Logistic Corps Foundation Review, 2024, pp.82-85.




Forthcoming Titles:

• Journal Article: ‘Myrmidons Ashore: The Future of Amphibious Capabilities of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces’, RUSI, Spring-Summer 2025.
• Chapter: ‘Prefabricating Victory: The Design and Development of the MULBERRY Harbours, 1942-1944’, in From Yards to Hards: Preparing Allied Naval Forces for the 1944 Normandy Landings, Naval Dockyards Society, Fall 2025.
• Chapter: ‘Wartime Industrial Partnership: An assessment of the role of civil, military and political establishments in the development of the Mulberry Harbours and Project PLUTO’ in Normandy 1944, Brecourt Academic, Spring 2025.
• Book: Last Stand at St. Lawrence: The Storming of Alton, 1643, Helion Publishing, Summer 2026.