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Sea Control

393 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 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 484 - LST-325: From Normandy to Indiana with Ken Rupp

December 07, 2023 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Link: "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 MB

Links 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 MB

Dr. 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Link: "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 MB

Links 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 MB

Links 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 MB

Armada: 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 MB

Links 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.

Sea Control 464 - The Newport Manual with Dr. James Kraska and Professor Pete Pedrozo

September 21, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB

Links 1. The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare, by James Kraska, Pete Pedrozo, et al., International Law Studies, U.S. Naval War College, 2023. 2. "Radioactive Tsunamis: Nuclear Torpedo Drones and Their Legality in War," by Pete Pedrozo, CIMSEC, September 4, 2023. 3. San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea.

Sea Control 463 - EU Maritime Security with Giovanni Cremonini

September 17, 2023 04:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

“Joint communication on the update of the EU Maritime Security Strategy and its Action Plan: An enhanced EU Maritime Security Strategy for evolving maritime threats” by EU Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, March 10, 2023

Sea Control 462 - Ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea with Daniel Abed-Navandi

September 14, 2023 10:00 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

Links 1. Ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea: A Photographic Dive, by Daniel Abed-Navandi and Georg Glaeser, Springer, 2023.

Sea Control 461 - Peaceful Resolution of Territorial & Maritime Disputes with Dr. Emilia Justyna Powell and Dr. Krista Wiegand

September 10, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial & Maritime Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E. Wiegand, Oxford University Press, 2023

Sea Control 460 - Hulks of the Hamoaze with Emma Haddon

September 07, 2023 09:30 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MB

“The Hulks of the Hamoaze: a Study of the Receiving Ships of Plymouth during the Napoleonic Wars," by Emma Haddon, University of Portsmouth, July 25, 2022.

Sea Control 459 - The Influence of EEZs on the Development of Norwegian, Danish & Canadian Naval Forces with Dr. Tim Choi

September 03, 2023 04:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

"Controlling the Northern Seas: The Influence of Exclusive Economic Zones on the Development of Norwegian, Danish, and Canadian Naval Forces," by Dr. Tim Choi, University of Calgary PRISM Repository, December 12, 2022

Sea Control 458 - Destroyer Diplomacy in Interwar Britain with Dr. Jayne Friend

August 31, 2023 12:30 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

"Destroyer Flag-Flying Visits, Civic Ceremony, Empire and Identity in interwar Britain," by Dr. Jayne Friend, British Journal for Military History, Volume 7, Issue 2, July 2021.

Sea Control 457 - Pirates and the Wadden Sea with Hans Faber

August 27, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.2 MB

Links 1. "Yet another wayward archipelago," by Hans Faber, Frisia Coast Trail, April 4, 2021.

Sea Control 456 - China's Maritime Gray Zone Tactics and SeaLight with Ray Powell and Gaute Friis

August 24, 2023 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MB

Links 1. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Bow-Crossing," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 17, 2023. 2. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Blocking," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 18, 2023. 3. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Cable-Cutting," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 25, 2023. 4. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Ramming," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 30, 2023. 5. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Water Cannoning," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  August 6, 2023. 6. "SeaLight."

Sea Control 455 - The Future of IUU Fishing with Lauren Young

August 20, 2023 04:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

"Future Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Trends in a Warming World: A Global Horizon Scan,” by Lauren Young, Cathy Haenlein and Grace Evans, Royal United Services Institute, March 2023

Sea Control 454 - Maritime Trade, Averages & Institutional Development in the Low Countries with Dr. Gijs Dreijer

August 17, 2023 10:00 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MB

The Power and Pains of Polysemy: Maritime Trade, Averages, and Institutional Development in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries), by Dr. Gijs Dreier, Brill, 2023

Sea Control 453 - All Hands on Deck with Will Sofrin

August 13, 2023 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Links 1. willsofrin.com. 2. All Hands on Deck, by Will Sofrin, Abrams Press, 2023.

Sea Control 452 - The Ocean and Us with Farah Obaidullah and Rebecca Hubbard

August 10, 2023 09:30 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Links 1. The Ocean and Us, edited by Farah Obaidullah, Springer Cham, 2023. 2. Sea Control 294 - EU Fisheries Governance with Dr. Alin Kadfak and Dr. Anna Antonova, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 18, 2021. 3. Sea Control 225 - IUU Fishing and the Evolution of Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude Berube, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, January 31, 2021. 4. Sea Control 192 - IUU Fishing and Fishing Policy in the South China Sea, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 2, 2020. 5. Farah Obaidullah’s Twitter...

Sea Control 451 - The Philippine Pact with Dr. Claude Berube

August 06, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

Links 1. The Philippine Pact, by Claude Berube, Milford House, 2023. 2. "The Maritime Story Missing in 'Civilian Warriors,'" by Claude Berube, CIMSEC, December 17, 2013. 

Sea Control 450 - Autonomous Systems & Military Revolutions with Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider

August 03, 2023 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Links 1. “Looking Back to Look Forward: Autonomous Systems, Military Revolutions, and the Importance of Cost,” by Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia McDonald, Journal of Strategic Studies, January 24, 2023. 2. “Does Technology Win Wars?” by Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, March 3, 2023.

Sea Control 449 - Sustainable Aviation Fuel with David Alman

July 30, 2023 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB

Links 1. “Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Investing In the Future,” by David Alman, War on the Rocks, October 25, 2022. 2. “Sea Control 394: Powering EABO,” with Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, CIMSEC, December 4, 2022. 3. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, by Daniel Yergin, Free Press, 2008. 4. Oil & War: How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in World War II Meant Victory or Defeat, by Robert Gorlaski and Russel W. Freeburg, Marine Corps University Press, 2021. 5. “The Promise of Hy...

Sea Control 448 - Integrating NOAA Into DoD's Arctic Operations

July 27, 2023 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MB

Links 1. “White Hulls in the North: The Case for Tapping Unused Federal Resources in the Arctic,” by Kristen M. Heiserman and Ryan Burke, Modern Warfare Institute, December 12, 2022. 2. “Bridging the Gap: How the United States Can Immediately Address It’s Arctic Capability Limitations,” by Adrienne Hopper and Ryan Burke, Modern Warfare Institute, June 22, 2022. 3. National Strategy for the Arctic Region, the White House, October 2022. 4. Sea Control 250: Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Security...

Sea Control 447 - Neptune's Commandments with Dr. Heather Haley

July 23, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB

Links 1. "Neptune’s Commandments: Invented Traditions and the Formation of USS Alabama (BB-60) as an Imagined Community," by Heather M. Hanley, International Journal of Naval History, December 30, 2020.

Sea Control 446 - Mastering the Art of Command with Trent Hone

July 20, 2023 13:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MB

Links 1. Mastering the Art of Command – Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific by Trent Hone, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022.  

Sea Control 445 - Drone Swarms in Amphibious Operations with Zachary Kallenborn

July 16, 2023 04:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

Links 1. "Drone Swarms and Amphibious Operations," by Zachary Kallenborn, Small Wars Journal, May 30, 2023. 

Sea Control 444 - Dutch Cold War Submarine Operations with Jaime Karremann

July 13, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

Links 1. In Deepest Secrecy: Dutch Submarine Espionage Operations from 1968 to 1991, by Jaime Karreman, Naviesworldwide.com, October 1, 2018. 2. marineschepen.nl.

Sea Control 443 - Asymmetric Black Sea Warfare with Charles Rahr

July 09, 2023 04:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

Links 1. "Going Asymmetric: How Ukraine is Keeping Russia at Bay in the Black Sea," by Charles Rahr, Center for Maritime Strategy, May 25, 2023.

Sea Control 442 - Australia, India & Undersea Cables with Dr. Pooja Bhatt

July 06, 2023 13:00 - 19 minutes - 17.5 MB

Links 1. "Protecting Indian Ocean submarine cables: Exploring Australia-India cooperation," by Dr. Pooja Bhatt, ORF Online, June 1, 2023. 

Sea Control 441 - Russia's Dark Tanker Fleet with Christiaan Triebert

July 02, 2023 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MB

Links 1. "Fake Signals and American Insurance: How a Dark Fleet Moves Russian Oil," by Christiaan Triebert, Blacki Migliozzi, Alexander Cardia, Muyi Xiao, and David Botti, The New York Times, May 30, 2023. 2. Sea Control 380 - Underwriters of the United States with Dr. Hannah Farber, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 15, 2022.

Sea Control 440 - The Wager with David Grann

June 29, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 31 MB

Link: The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann, Doubleday, April 18, 2023.

Sea Control 439 - The Fantastic Voyage of USS Oregon with Dr. Heather Haley

June 25, 2023 04:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Links 1. "To Make The Navy Ready to Strike': The Fantastic Voyage of USS Oregon," by Dr. Heather M. Haley, The Sextant, Naval History and Heritage Command, February 27, 2023. 

Sea Control 438 - Small States and the Law of the Sea with Dr. Douglas Guilfoyle

June 22, 2023 09:30 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MB

Links 1. "Litigation as Statecraft: Small States and the Law of the Sea," Douglas Guilfoyle, British Yearbook of International Law, May 30, 2023. 2. Sea Control 178 - Lawfare at Sea with Dr. Jill Goldenziel, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, May 26, 2020. 3. Sea Control 224 - Clashes at Sea with Dr. Sara Mitchell, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 24, 2021. 4. Sea Control 213 - U.S. and Chinese South China Sea Legal Strategies with Dr. Krista Wiegand, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 29, 20...

Sea Control 437 - Kaliningrad: Perception and Reality with Dr. Steve Wills

June 18, 2023 04:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

Links 1. "Kaliningrad: Impregnable Fortress or ‘Russian Alamo?,’" by Dr. Steve Wills, CNA, May 15, 2023. 2. Sea Control 211 - Bursting A2/AD Bubbles with Robert Dalsjӧ & Michael Jonsson, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 15, 2020. 3. Sea Control 168 - Operation Albion with Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson and Tim Powledge, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, April 13, 2020. 

Sea Control 436 - Fighting in the Dark with Trent Hone & Vincent P. O’Hara

June 15, 2023 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

Links 1. Fighting in the Dark – Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944, edited by Vincent P. O’Hara and Trent Hone, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2023. 2. Sea Control 209 - Learning War with Trent Hone & Sebastian Goldstein, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 1, 2020. 3. Trent Hone’s Twitter Feed.

Sea Control 435 - The High Seas Treaty with Gabrielle Carmine

June 11, 2023 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

Link:  Agreement Reached to Advance High Seas Treaty, The High Seas Alliance, March 4, 2023. 

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