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Sea Control

393 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratings

Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, history and all things naval.

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Sea Control 534 - NATO's Navies at 75 with Dr. Josh Tallis

July 06, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

Links 1. "NATO’s Navies at 75: Operational Imperatives to Watch," by Joshua Tallis, Proceedings, April 2024. 2. Sea Control 197 – Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires, CIMSEC, August 30, 2020. 3. Sea Control 250 – Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Strategy, CIMSEC, May 16, 2021. 4. Sea Control 408 – NATO’s Maritime Future with Dr. Joshua Tallis, CIMSEC, January 29, 2023.

Sea Control 533 - Maritime Peacekeeping with Dr. Ian Bowers

July 04, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Links 1. "Exploiting the Water: Naval Involvement in UN Peacekeeping," by Ian Bowers, in UN Peacekeeping Doctrine in a New Era, Taylor & Francis, 2017.  2. Sea Control 231 – Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger, CIMSEC, March 11, 2021. 3. "A First Time for Everything: The United Nations Maritime Task Force in Lebanon," by David Van Dyk, CIMSEC, March 25, 2019. 

Sea Control 532 - Coalition Naval Operations during the Korean War with Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Deborah Sanders

June 29, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB

Links Coalition Navies During the Korean War: Understanding Combined Operations, edited by Ian Bowers, Routledge, 2024. Sea Control 231 – Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger,  CIMSEC, March 11, 2021.

Sea Control 531 - Girt by Sea with Dr. Bec Strating and Dr. Joanne Wallis

June 27, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

Links 1. Girt By Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security, by Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, La Trobe University Press, 2024. 2. Sea Control 430 - Australian Constabulary Missions with Sean Andrews, CIMSEC, May 11, 2023. 3. Sea Control 508 - Australian Capabilities in the Littoral with Jennifer Parker and Peter Jones, CIMSEC, April 6, 2024. 4. Statecraftiness: Mapping Competition, Cooperation, and Coercion in the Pacific Islands.

Sea Control 530 - The Creole Archipelago with Dr. Tessa Murphy

June 22, 2024 13:00 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MB

Links 1. The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean, by Tessa Murphy, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021. 2. Sea Control 227 – Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean with Dr. Sharika Crawford, CIMSEC, February 15, 2021. 3. Sea Control 505 - Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton, CIMSEC, March 28, 2024. 4. Captives of Conquest - Slavery in the Early Modern Spanish Caribbean, by Erin Woodruff Stone, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021. 5. Soldiers, Suga...

Sea Control 529 - EU Maritime Operations with Piero Barlucchi

June 20, 2024 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

Links 1. "From Atalanta to Aspides : Old and New Challenges for EU Maritime Operations," P. Barlucchi, Istituto Affari Internazionali, March 2024.

Sea Control 528 - China's Blue Economy with Kate Walsh

June 15, 2024 10:00 - 20 minutes - 18.9 MB

Links 1. China’s Blue Economy: Evolution and Geostrategic Implications, by Kathleen A. Walsh, CRC Press, 2024.

Sea Control 527 - The Wide Wide Sea with Hampton Sides

June 13, 2024 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Links 1. The Wide Wide Sea - Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, April 9, 2024. 2. In the Kingdom of Ice - The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, May 26, 2015. 3. Hampton Sides website.

Sea Control 526 - Maritime Security in Latin America Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Part 2)

June 09, 2024 07:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

Links  1. CIMSEC author page of Wilder Alejandro Sanchez. 2. Second Floor Strategies. 3. “Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, January 24, 2023. 4. “TIAR 21: Maritime Security, the TIAR, and IUU Fishing in the Western Hemisphere,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, October 16, 2020.  5. Twitter: @W_Alex_Sanchez.

Sea Control 525 - Maritime Security in Latin America Wilder Alejandro Sanchez (Part 1)

June 07, 2024 01:00 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

Links  1. CIMSEC author page of Wilder Alejandro Sanchez. 2. Second Floor Strategies. 3. “Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, January 24, 2023. 4. “TIAR 21: Maritime Security, the TIAR, and IUU Fishing in the Western Hemisphere,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, October 16, 2020.  5. Twitter: @W_Alex_Sanchez.

Sea Control 524 - The Boats of Cherbourg with Abraham Rabinovich (Part 2)

June 01, 2024 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

Links 1. The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare, by Abraham Rabinovich, Primary Publishing, April 24, 2013.    2. Abraham Rabinovich's website. 

Sea Control 523 - The Boats of Cherbourg with Abraham Rabinovich (Part 1)

May 30, 2024 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Links 1. The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare, by Abraham Rabinovich, Primary Publishing, April 24, 2013.    2. Abraham Rabinovich's website. 

Sea Control 522 - Catastrophe in the Antarctic with Tom Sharpe (Part 2)

May 25, 2024 13:00 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MB

Links 1. "Mayday in Magellan; Leadership Lessons on Flooded HMS Endurance," by Tom Sharpe, Wavell Room, December 16, 2018. 

Sea Control 521 - Catastrophe in the Antarctic with Tom Sharpe (Part 1)

May 23, 2024 13:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

Links 1. "Mayday in Magellan; Leadership Lessons on Flooded HMS Endurance," by Tom Sharpe, Wavell Room, December 16, 2018.  2. "Sea Control 440 - The Wager with David Grann," CIMSEC, June 29, 2023. 

Sea Control 520 - Witness to Neptune's Inferno with Dr. David Winkler

May 18, 2024 13:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB

Links 1. Witness to Neptune’s Inferno: The Pacific War Diary of Lieutenant Commander Lloyd M. Mustin, USS Atlanta (CL 51), by David F. Winkler, Casemate, 2024.

Sea Control 519 - NATO and the Baltic Approaches with Dr. Peter Bogason

May 16, 2024 13:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB

Links: 1.  NATO and the Baltic Approaches, 1949-1989 – When Perception was Reality, by Peter Bogason, Walter De Gruyter GmbH, 2023. 2. Peter Bogason

Sea Control 518 - The Royal Navy and Caribbean Contraband Trade with CDR Ryan Mewett, Ph D

May 11, 2024 13:00 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MB

Links 1. “It is ticklish meddling with the navy”: The British navy and Caribbean contraband trade, c. 1713–1750, by Ryan Mewett, International Journal of Maritime History, December 10, 2023.

Sea Control 517 - Understanding Maritime Security with Dr. Christian Bueger and Dr. Tim Edmunds

May 09, 2024 12:30 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Links Understanding Maritime Security, by Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds, Oxford University Press, May 31, 2024. Sea Control 196 – Blue Crime with Professor Christian Bueger, CIMSEC, August 23, 2020. Sea Control 251 – Undersea, Out of Mind with Dr. Christian Bueger and Dr. Tobias Liebetrau, CIMSEC, May 20, 2021. Sea Control 344 – The Western Indian Ocean’s Militarization Dilemma,CIMSEC, May 12, 2022. Sea Control 225 - IUU Fishing and the Evolution of Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude B...

Sea Control 516 - US Navy Alliances in the Cold War with Dr. Corbin Williamson

May 04, 2024 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

Links 1. The US Navy and its Cold War Alliances, 1945-1953, by Corbin Williamson, University of Kansas Press, 2020. 

Sea Control 515 - A New Age of Naval Power with Dr. Alessio Patalano

May 02, 2024 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

Links 1. "The New Age of Naval Power," by Alessio Patalano, TIME, March 5, 2024.  

Sea Control 514 - Explaining Ethiopia's Port Deal with Samir Bhattacharya

April 27, 2024 13:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

Link:  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 MB

Links:  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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links: 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links:  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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links: 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links: 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links: 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Link:  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 MB

Link: 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 MB

Links 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 MB

A 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 MB

Link: Force Writers Room

Sea Control 485 - Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic with Dave Watson

December 14, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

Links: The Frontier Sea: The Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic, by Dave Watson, Balkan Military History, 2023. Balkan Military History 

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