Sea Control
373 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsSea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, history and all things naval.
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Sea Control 514 - Explaining Ethiopia's Port Deal with Samir Bhattacharya
April 27, 2024 13:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MBLink: Understanding Ethiopia’s port deal with Somaliland and its geopolitical implications, by Samir Bhattacharya, ORFOnline, January 25, 2024.
Sea Control 513 - The US Army in the Pacific with Tim Devine
April 25, 2024 12:30 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBLinks: To Upgun Seapower in the Indo-Pacific, You Need an Army, By Gen Charles Flynn and Lieutenant Colonel Tim Devine, US Naval Institute Proceedings, February 2024. Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. Army in the Pacific, 1941-1943, by John C. McManus, Dutton Caliber, July 30, 2019. Island Infernos: The U.S. Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944, by John C. McManus, Dutton Caliber, November 9, 2021. Sea Control 181 - The "Amphibious" 8th in the Pacific War, CIMSEC, June 7, 2020. Sea Control 269 ...
Sea Control 512 - Europe's Marines with Dr. Sidharth Kaushal
April 20, 2024 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBLinks 1. “Europe’s Marines in the Future European Littoral Operating Environment,” by Sidharth Kaushal, War on the Rocks, February 5, 2024. 2. “Amphibious Futures: The Royal Marines in Contested New Operating Environments,” by Sidharth Kaushal and Mark Totten, RUSI, January 9, 2024. 3. Sea Control 423: The First Unmanned Raid on Sevastopol with Dr. Sidharth Kaushal, CIMSEC, March 30, 2023.
Sea Control 511 - Cornish Wrecking with Dr. Cathryn Pearce
April 18, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBLinks 1. Cornish Wrecking 1700-1860 – Reality and Popular Myth, by Cathryn Pearce, The Boydell Press, 2010.
Sea Control 510 - The Fortress Fleet with Lt Col Nathan Jennings, Ph D
April 13, 2024 13:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MBLinks 1. "The Army and the Fortress Fleet: Reimagining Landpower in Maritime Warfare," by Nathan Jennings, Modern War Institute, March 5, 2024. 2. "To Upgun Seapower in the Indo-Pacific, You Need an Army," by General Charles Flynn and Lieutenant Colonel Tim Devine, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, February 2024.
Sea Control 509 - Sri Lanka's Evolving Role in the Indian Ocean with Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy
April 11, 2024 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBLinks 1. Sri Lanka’s evolving role in the Indian Ocean, by Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Observer Research Foundation, January 24, 2024. 2. Sea Control 283 - Maritime Sri Lanka and Japan with Dr. Satoru Nagao, CIMSEC, October 10, 2021. 3. Sea Control 234 - Maritime Sri Lanka with Dr. Chulanee Attanayake and Dr. Jivanta Schöttli, CIMSEC, March 21, 2021. 4. ORF Online.
Sea Control 508 - Australian Capabilities in the Littoral with Jennifer Parker and Peter Jones
April 06, 2024 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBLinks 1. "Australian Naval Capabilities in the Littoral: Past, Present and into the Future," by Jennifer Parker and Peter Jones, The Australian Naval Institute, December 6, 2023. 2. Sea Control 198 - Australian Amphibious Capabilities with Col Kim Gilfillan, CIMSEC, September 6, 2020. 3. Sea Control 472 - Littoral Security with Dr. Prakash Gopal, CIMSEC, October 19, 2023. 4. Saltwater Strategists podcast.
Sea Control 507 - Islamic Maritime Law with Emilia Justyna Powell & Michael Atkins
April 04, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBLinks: 1. Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell, Oxford University Press, 2022 2. The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial & Maritime Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E. Wiegand, Oxford University Press, 2023 3. "Ghosts of Kosovo: A Test for International Criminal Law in the Balkans", by Michael Atkins, The Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, January 2022 4. "Regulations Usher in Era of Cleaner ...
Sea Control 506 - What Wargames Reveal with Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider
March 30, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBLinks 1. "What Wargames Really Reveal: Outcomes Matter Less Than Who Pays and Who Plays," by Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, December 26, 2023. 2. Stanford University Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative.
Sea Control 505 - Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton
March 28, 2024 13:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBLinks: 1. Pirates of the Slave Trade – The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton, Prometheus Books, 2023. 2. Angela Sutton's Website
Sea Control 504 - Chinese Maritime Interests in the Indian Ocean with Commodore Venugopal Vengalil
March 22, 2024 10:11 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBLinks 1. “Assessment of Chinese Maritime Interests in Indian Ocean Region,” by Commodore Venugopal Vengalil, Chennai Centre for China Studies, December 7, 2023. 2. Commodore Venugopal Vengali’s X Feed.
Sea Control 502 - Wartime Command and Control with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.)
March 14, 2024 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBLinks 1. "Wartime Command and Control," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), Proceedings, January 2024. 2. Sea Control 254 - Defining Readiness with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), CIMSEC, May 28, 2021. 3. "Admiral Scott Swift on Leadership, Risk, and a Life in the U.S. Navy," by Christopher Nelson, CIMSEC, August 14, 2017. 4.The American Sea Power Project. 5. "To deter China, the US and Taiwan should seek asymmetric symmetry," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) Heino Klinck, Defense News, January 25,...
Sea Control 503 - The British Special Service Squadron with Heather Johnson
March 14, 2024 13:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MBLinks 1. British Special Service Squadron. 2. National Museum of the Royal Navy.
Sea Control 501 - Multilateral Approaches to Maritime Security in Oceania with Zach Ota
March 10, 2024 05:00 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBLinks: 1. 21st Century as the Pacific Century – Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition, edited by Joanna Siekiera, University of Warsaw Press, 2023. 2. Sea Control 255 - Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, June 3, 2021. 3. Sea Control 304 -France in the Pacific, CIMSEC, December 23, 2021. 4. Sea Control 333 - CRIMARIO: France, the EU and the Indo-Pacific, CIMSEC, April 3, 2022. 5. Island Soldier
Sea Control 500 - The UK's Indo-Pacific Engagement with Dr. Peter Chalk
March 07, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBLinks 1. “The United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement,” by Peter Chalk, War on the Rocks, November 30, 2023.
Sea Control 499 - The US Navy and Diplomacy in South America with Dr. Katrina Ponti
March 02, 2024 14:00 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MBLinks: 1. Seapower by Other Means, edited by J. Overton, ISPK Seapower Series, 2023. 2. Sea Control 487 - Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Dr. Michael Verney, CIMSEC, December 28, 2023. 3. Dr. Katrina Ponti
Sea Control 498 - The Academy with David Poyer
February 29, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBLinks 1. The Academy - A Dan Lenson Novel, by David Poyer, St. Martin's Press, December 2023. 2. Poyer.com.
Sea Control 497 - Citizen Sailors with Joshua Taylor & Scott Humphrey
February 24, 2024 11:00 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBLinks 1. “Citizen Sailors: The Missing link in Maritime Force Structure,” by Joshua Taylor and Scott Humphrey, War on the Rocks, November 15, 2023. 2. “The U.S. Navy Needs Its Own Bonds to Be Ready for China,” by Joshua Taylor, Foreign Policy, November 5, 2021.
Sea Control 496 - Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy with BJ Armstrong
February 22, 2024 14:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBLinks 1. Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and Marine Corps, Forward Deployment, Crisis Response, and the Tyranny of History, by Benjamin Armstrong, Routledge, 2024. 2. Sea Control 239 - Things Done By Halves with Dr. BJ Armstrong, CIMSEC, April 11, 2021. 3. Sea Control 311 - Developing the Naval Mind with BJ Armstrong and John Freymann, CIMSEC, January 20, 2022. 4. Sea Control 209 - Learning War with Trent Hone and Sebastian Goldstein, CIMSEC, November 1, 2020. 5. Military I...
Sea Control 495 - Cocaine Codfish with Aaron Delano-Johnson
February 17, 2024 14:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MBLinks: 1. “Cocaine Codfish: How the War on Drugs Can Inform the Fight Against Illegal Fishing,” by Aaron Delano-Johnson, War on the Rocks (October 16, 2023). 2. “A Plan to Push Back Against China’s Fishing Practices” by Aaron Delano-Johnson and Chris Bernotavicus, War on the Rocks (December 2, 2022). 3. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC (December 27, 2020). 4. Sea Control 256: Reporting From the Sea With Ian Urbina, CIMSEC (June 6, 2021). 5. The Outlaw Oc...
Sea Control 494 - Global Force for Good with Dr. John Sherwood
February 15, 2024 11:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBLinks 1. A Global Force for Good: Sea Services Humanitarian Operations in the Twenty-First Century, by John Sherwood, Naval History and Heritage Command, September 2023.
Sea Control 493 - “Assertive Transparency” in the Gray Zone with Ray Powell
February 08, 2024 14:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB“Game Changer: The Philippines’ Assertive Transparency Campaign: How the Philippines Rewrote the Counter Gray Zone Playbook in 2023”, by Col. Raymond Powell US Air Force (Ret) and Benjamin Goirigolzarri Ph. D., Stratbase ADRi, January 12, 2024 Sea Control 456 - China’s Maritime Gray Zone Tactics and SeaLight with Ray Powell and Gaute Friis, by Jared Samuelson, Sea Control Podcast, August, 24, 2023
Sea Control 492 - Challenges in the Gulf of Guinea with Ebunoluwa Ojo-Ami
February 01, 2024 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17 MBLinks Navigating security challenges in West Africa, by Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami, International Security Journal, August 9, 2023.
Sea Control 491 - Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels With Michael Knickerbocker
January 25, 2024 14:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBLinks 1. “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels,” by Michael Knickerbocker, War on the Rocks, January 3, 2024 2. “Trashing Energy Needs: A Cast for Expanded Plasma Gasification Use by the US Military,” by Michael Knickerbocker, The Defense Post, October 23, 2023. 3. “Episode 101: UUVs: Underwater Drones and Seabed Warfare,” by The Red Line Podcast, August 8, 2023. 4. “Sea Control 426: “Every Ship A SAG” with Lt Kyle Cregge,” by Andrea Howard, CIMSE...
Sea Control 490 - Islamic Maritime Law with Dr. Hassan Khalilieh
January 18, 2024 11:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBLink: Islamic Law of the Sea – Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought, Cambridge University Press, April 2019.
Sea Control 489 - The Strategic Importance of NATO's North Flank with Julian Pawlak
January 11, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBLink: Collective Defence and Bastion: The Strategic Importance of NATO’s Northern Flank, by Julian Pawlak, German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, March 2022.
Sea Control 488 - Disaster at Honda Point with Robert Kolker
January 04, 2024 11:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBLinks 1. "Dead Reckoning," by Robert Kolker, The Atavist Magazine, No. 142, August 2023. 2. Robert Kolker's official website.
Sea Control 487 - Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Michael Verney
December 28, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBA Great and Rising Nation – Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic, by Michael A. Verney, The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Sea Control 486 - Force Writers Room with Captain Ric Arthur and Dava Casoni
December 21, 2023 14:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBLink: Force Writers Room
Sea Control 485 - Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic with Dave Watson
December 14, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBLinks: The Frontier Sea: The Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic, by Dave Watson, Balkan Military History, 2023. Balkan Military History
Sea Control 484 - LST-325: From Normandy to Indiana with Ken Rupp
December 07, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBLinks 1. USS LST-325 Ship Memorial Website. 2. Bringing Back a Hero, by Robert D. Jornlin, Jornlin Farm, 2014.
Sea Control 483 - The Transformation of Maritime Professions with Dr. Karel Davids
November 30, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBLinks 1. The Transformation of Maritime Professions: Old and New Jobs in European Shipping Industries, 1850-2000, edited by Karel Davids and Joost Schokkenbroek, Palgrave MacMillan, 2023.
Sea Control 482 - “An Honorable Place in American Air Power": Civil Air Patrol Operations, 1942-1943 with Dr. Frank Blazich
November 26, 2023 05:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBLinks 1. An Honorable Place in American Air Power:” Civil Air Patrol Operations, 1942-1943 by Frank Blazich, Air University Press, 2020. 2. Civil Air Patrol Air Force Auxiliary website.
Sea Control 481 - Logistics Interdiction in Taiwan Unification Campaigns with Michael Hugos and Dr. Ed Salo
November 19, 2023 05:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBLinks 1. Logistics interdiction for Taiwan Unification Campaigns, by Jacob Maywald, Benjamin Hazen, Edward Salo, and Michael Hugos, War on the Rocks, August 21, 2023.
Sea Control 480 – Ill-Fitting Immersion Suits with Dr. Rosemary Ricciardelli
November 16, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 16 MBLinks 1. Ethnographic and lived experience of cold-water immersion: The compromised survival of women at sea due to ill-fitting immersion suits. by Rosemary Ricciardelli and Heather Carnahan, Journal of Maritime Research, February 6, 2023
Sea Control 479 - The Life of a Flag Aide with Major Lauren Serrano
November 12, 2023 05:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBLinks 1. "Aides Are More than Bag Carriers," by Major Lauren Serrano, Proceedings, July 2023.
Sea Control 478 - A Sober Analysis of Ukrainian Success in the Black Sea with Thord Are Iversen
November 09, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBLinks 1. “On Understanding the Naval War,” by Thord Are Iversen, Reports by T.A. Iversen, October 5, 2023. 2. Reports by T.A. Iversen.
Sea Control 477 - Scandinavian Responses to Great Power War at Sea with Dr. Steve Murdoch
November 05, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBLinks 1. Ideologies of Western Naval Power, c. 1500-1815, edited by J.D. Davies, Alan James, Gijs Rommelse,Routledge, 2019.
Sea Control 476 - Titanic & the City of Widows with Julie Cook
November 02, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 16.4 MBLinks 1. The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind – The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage, by Julie Cook, Pen and Sword History, April 6, 2020.
Sea Control 475 - Island Campaigns and the Founding of the PLA Navy with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara
October 29, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBLinks 1. Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, second edition, by Toshi Yoshihara and James Holmes, USNI Books, 2018. 2. Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, by Toshi Yoshihara, Georgetown University Press, 2022. 3. "China’s Lessons from the Pacific War and Implications for Future Warfighting," by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, March 22, 2023. 4. "China as a Composite Land-Sea Power: A Geostrategic Conc...
Sea Control 474 - AUKUS, Naval Procurement & Grand Strategy with Dr. Jonathan Caverley
October 26, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBLink: "AUKUS: When naval procurement drives grand strategy," by Dr. Jonathan Caverley, International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, September 2023.
Sea Control 473 - Doctrine Man, Leadership & Superheroes with Steve Leonard
October 21, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBLinks 1. Power Up: Leadership, Character, and Conflict Beyond the Superhero Multiverse, edited by Steven Leonard, Jonathan Klug, Kelsey Cipolla and Jon Niccum, Casemate, 2023.
Sea Control 472 - Littoral Security with Dr. Prakash Gopal
October 19, 2023 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBDr. Prakash Gopal joins the program to discuss his dissertation topic, littoral security. Dr Prakash Gopal is a former Indian naval officer with over two decades of experience in maritime security operations, policy and strategy. He was a Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation, India from 2016-18. In 2018 Prakash took up a PhD position at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong. He completed his PhD in April 2023. This episode wa...
Sea Control 471 - British Coastal Forces with Andrew Young
October 15, 2023 04:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBLinks 1. (Re)Learning Old Tricks: The Royal Navy’s Coastal Forces Squadron, by Richard Skelton and Andrew Young, RUSI, July 6, 2023. 2. Sea Control 421 - Uncommon Courage: Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War 2 with Julia Jones, CIMSEC, March 23, 2023. 3. Sea Control 458 - Destroyer Diplomacy with Dr. Jayne Friend, CIMSEC, August 31, 2023. 4. Sea Control 421 - Uncommon Courage: Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War 2 with Julia Jones, CIMSEC, March 23, 2023.
Sea Control 470 - Europe's Underwater Environment with Elio Calcagno and Michelangelo Freyrie
October 12, 2023 12:30 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBLink: "The Underwater Environment and European Defence and Security," edited by Elio Calcagno and Alessandro Marrone, Istituto Affari Internazionali, June 13, 2023.
Sea Control 469 - The Importance of Studying Abroad with Midshipman Natalie Schirmacher
October 08, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBLinks 1. "The Navy’s Study-Abroad Programs Need Better Variety," by Natalie Schirmacher, Proceedings, February 2023.
Sea Control 468 - Airborne ASW with Mike Glynn
October 05, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBLinks 1. Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare From the First World War to the Present Day, by Michael E. Glynn, Frontline Books, May 15, 2022. 2. Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering, by Robert Shaw, United States Naval Institute Press, 1985.
Sea Control 467 - The Spanish Armada with Colin Martin
October 01, 2023 04:00 - 54 minutes - 50 MBArmada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588, by Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker, Yale University Press, 2023
Sea Control 466 - Deliberate Campaigning in the Pacific with Benjamin Van Horrick and Steven Bancroft
September 28, 2023 09:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBLinks 1. "A Strait Too Far: How a Deliberate Campaigning Approach in the Pacific Can Make Beijing Think Twice," by Benjamin Van Horrick, War on the Rocks, June 5, 2023. 2. "Creating a Sea Change: TF 76/3, Adaptation, Experimentation, and the Joint Force," by Steven Bancroft and Benjamin Van Horrick, Modern War Institute, March 1, 2023. 3. "The Complicated Legacy of Jean Larteguy's "The Centurions" and America's Post-9/11 Wars," by Benjamin Van Horrick, Modern War Institute, August 30, 2023....
Sea Control 465 - China's Floating Nuclear Power Plants with Omar Pimentel and Edward Jenner
September 24, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB"Uncharted Waters: Assessing China’s Intentions to Deploy Floating Nuclear Power Plants in the South China Sea", by Jonathan Deemer, Omar Pimentel, Mi Jin Ryu, Miku Yamada, and Edward Jenner, Center for Global Security Research, June 2023.