Dr. Sanders is a Reader in Defence and Security Studies at the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London, where she specialises in security issues in the Black Sea and small navies. She is also a member of the Corbett Centre for Maritime Strategy. Her publications include Europe, Small Navies and Maritime Security, (Routledge, 2019, editor) and Maritime Power in the Black Sea (Ashgate 2014); and she has published articles on small navies including the Romanian, Bulgarian and the Black Sea Fleet. Her most recent articles include 'Rebuilding the Ukrainian Navy', US Naval War College; and ‘Maritime Security in the Black Sea’, Mediterranean Quarterly.