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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 385 - Navy Cyber Workforce

October 06, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Links 1. “Develop Separate Navy Cyber and Signal Warfare Communities,” by Chris Landis, Proceedings, July 2022. 2. “The Air Force Isn’t Doing Information Technology Right," by Don Lewis, War on the Rocks, December 20, 2021. 3. “Navy Cryptologic Warfare Officers Cannot Do Cyber," by Derek S. Bernsen, Proceedings, January 2022. 4. “Cybersecurity Readiness Review," directed by Secretary of the Navy, 2019.

Sea Control 384 - India's Changing Relationship with South Korea with Abhijit Singh

September 29, 2022 13:00 - 21 minutes - 19.8 MB

Link: Revitalization of strategic ties between India and Korea – Assessing the possibilities of maritime partnerships, by Abhijit Singh, ORF Online, July 8, 2022. 

Sea Control 383 - Regaining the High Ground for Naval Aviation with Bryan Clark

September 25, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MB

Links: 1. Regaining the High Ground Against China: A Plan to Achieve US Naval Aviation Superiority This Decade, by Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton, Hudson Institute, April 2022.  2. Sea Control 204 - American Sea Power at a Crossroads with Bryan Clark and Tim Walton, CIMSEC, October 6, 2020. 3.  Sea Control 272 - Changing the Navy's Force Generation Model with Bryan Clark and Bryan McGrath, CIMSEC, September 2, 2021.

Sea Control 382 - Russian NOTAM Use Near Norway with Dr. Kristian Åtland

September 22, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 22 MB

Link: 1. Military Muscle-Flexing as Interstate Communication: Russian NOTAM Warnings off the Coast of Norway, 2015-2021 , by Kristian Åtland, Thomas Nilsen & Torbjørn Pedersen, Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies, 14 Jun 2022. 2. Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

Sea Control 381 - How to Win Friends & Influence Shipbuilding with Eric Hovey

September 18, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MB

Link: How to Win Friends and Influence Shipbuilding. Marine Corps modernization and the amphibious Navy, by Maj Eric S. Hovey, Marine Corps Gazette, June 2022.   

Sea Control 380 - Underwriters of the United States with Dr. Hannah Farber

September 15, 2022 13:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB

Links: 1. Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding, by Hannah Farber, Omohundro Insitute of Early American History and Culture/UNC Press, November 2021.  2. Sea Control 375 - The East India Company and Modern State Sovereignty with Dr. Swati Srivastava, CIMSEC, Aug 28, 2022.

Sea Control 379 - Pacific Wars, 1864-1897, and the Making of the U.S. Navy with Dr. Tommy Jamison

September 11, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

Links 1. “Looks Like a Chilean War:” The Baltimore Incident as a Counterfactual Exercise,” by Tommy Jamison, CIMSEC (October 22, 2015).  2. Sea Control 239: “Things Done By Halves” with Dr. BJ Armstrong, CIMSEC (April 11, 2021). 

Sea Control 378 - Victory at Sea with Dr. Paul Kennedy

September 08, 2022 09:30 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

Links 1. "Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II," by Paul Kennedy, Yale University Press, 2022. 2.Paul Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University. 3. "The Navy Made America a Superpower Once. Can It Again?,"  by Alexander Wooley, Foreign Policy, May 20, 2022. 4. "A marriage of the geopolitical, the military and the material — Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II by P...

Sea Control 377 - Intelligence Analysis and Analytic Reflection with Dr. Brian Holmes

September 04, 2022 04:00 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

Links 1. “Analytic Reflection: Measuring the Attributes of Open and All-Source Intelligence,” by Brian Holmes, Homeland Security Today, June 8, 2020. 2. “Feedback Driven Decisions and the Evolution of Intelligence Analysis in the United States," by Brian Holmes, The Strategy Bridge, January 23, 2020. 3. “A Short History of Maritime Intelligence Integration,” by Dr. Brian Holmes, NMIO Technical Bulletin, March 2019, p. 4-5. 4. Brian Holmes, Author at Hstoday.

Sea Control 376 - Iceberg Sovereignty with Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly

September 01, 2022 13:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MB

Links 1. "Iceberg sovereignty," by Corine Wood-Donnelly, Marine Policy, Volume 143, September 2022. 2. Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly personal website.

Sea Control 375 - The East India Company and Modern State Sovereignty

August 28, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Links 1. "Corporate Sovereign Awakening and the making of Modern State Sovereignty: New Archival Evidence from the English East India Company," by Dr. Swati Srivastava, International Organization, March 4, 2022. 2. Dr. Srivastava's webpage.

Sea Control 374 - Enhancing Norwegian-USMC Cooperation with Dr. Ståle Ulriksen

August 25, 2022 09:30 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

Links: Building on Strength – Proposals for US-Norwegian Cooperation on the Operational and Tactical Level, by Ståle Ulriksen and Åse Gilje Østensens, Forsvarets høgskole, Concept paper series, February 2019.

Sea Control 373 - A Coercive Quarantine of Taiwan with Dr. Bradley Martin & Kristen Gunness

August 21, 2022 04:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB

Links: 1. Implications of a Coercive Quarantine of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China, by Bradley Martin, Kristen Gunness, Paul DeLuca & Melissa Shostak, RAND Corporation, 2022.  2. National Security Supply Chain Institute 

Sea Control 372 - The Problem with Autonomous Ships

August 18, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Links: 1.  Feedback Loops and Fundamental Flaws in Autonomous Warships, by Jonathan Panter and Johnathan Falcone, War on the Rocks, June 24, 2022.  2. The Unplanned Costs of an Unmanned Fleet, by Jonathan Panter and Johnathan Falcone, War on the Rocks, December 28, 2021.  3. RIMPAC Testing Will Inform the Fate of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel, by Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News, August 1, 2022. 4. Sea Control 301 - Task Force 59 with John "Fozzie" Miller & Ari Cicurel, by Jared Samuelson,...

Sea Control 371 - Maritime Security and Colombia with Dr. Oscar Palma Morales

August 14, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

Links 1. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020. 2.“La Sorprendente Adaptabilidad De Los Narcotraficantes En El Mar,” Oscar Palma, La Silla Vacia, November 11, 2021. 3. Irregular Warfare Podcast 54: Plan Colombia: Anatomy of a Successful Counterinsurgency Campaign, by Kyle Atwell and Benjamin Jebb, Modern War Institute, June 3, 2022. 

Sea Control 370 - NATO's Shifting Approach to Strategic Stability, Defense & Deterrence with Nicolò Fasola

August 11, 2022 10:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MB

Links 1. NATO 2022 Strategic Concept.

Sea Control 369 - Conceptualizing Ports & Organized Crime with Dr. Anna Sergi

August 07, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB

Links 1. “Italy Seizes 4 Tons of Cocaine Linked to Colombian Gulf Clan,” by Colleen Barry, The Washington Post, June 7, 2022. 2. Chasing the Mafia: 'Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys, by Anna Sergi, Bristol University Press, 2022.

Sea Control 368 - The Quad's New MDA Initiative with Gina Fiore

August 04, 2022 10:00 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Links 1. "FACT SHEET: Quad Leaders’ Tokyo Summit 2022," May 23, 2022. 2. "The Quad Goes to Sea," by Zack Cooper and Gregory Poling, War on the Rocks, May 24, 2022.

Sea Control 367 - To Risk it All with Adm (ret) James Stavridis

July 31, 2022 04:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MB

Link 1. To Risk It All, Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision, by Adm (ret) James Stavridis, Penguin Press, 2022. 

Sea Control 366 - Cybersecurity and Strategic Sealift with Jason Ileto

July 28, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MB

Links:  Cyber at Sea: Protecting Strategic Sealift in the Age of Strategic Competition, by Jason Ileto, Modern War Institute, May 10, 2022.

Sea Control 365 - LOTS to be Desired with Garrett Chandler and Matt Carstensen

July 24, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MB

Link:  LOTS to be Desired: Why the Army needs to Invest in Logistics Over-the-Shore, by Garrett Chandler and Matthew Carstensen, Modern War Institute, 28 April 2022. 

Sea Control 364 - How Foreign Companies are Subsidizing China's Navy

July 21, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB

Links 1. "In the Shadow of Warships: How foreign companies help modernize China’s Navy," by Matthew P. Funaiole, Brian Hart, and Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 2022.

Sea Control 363 - Maritime Sabotage in Great Power Competition with Alexander Powell

July 17, 2022 04:00 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MB

Links 1. "A Blast from the Past? The Role of Maritime Sabotage in Strategic Competition," by Alexander Powell, Modern War Institute, February 3, 2022. 2. "Frogmen Solve Hard Problems – From and on the Sea," by Rear Admiral H.W. Howard III, USNI Proceedings, April 2022. 3. "Maritime Sabotage: Lessons Learned and Implications for Strategic Competition," by Alexander Powell, Elizabeth Yang, Annaleah Westerhaug and Kaia Haney, CNA, October 2021.

Sea Control 362 - Amphibious Lessons Learned from Ukraine with Tim Heck & Walker Mills

July 14, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MB

Links: What can we learn about amphibious warfare from a conflict that has had very little of it? A lot, by Walker Mills and Timothy Heck, Modern War Institute, April 22, 2022.

Sea Control 361 - Carrier Killers with Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger

July 10, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

Links Carrier Killer: China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles and Theater of Operations in the early 21st Century, by Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger, Helion, 2022. 

Sea Control 360 - On Dangerous Ground in the South China Sea with Greg Poling

July 07, 2022 09:30 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MB

Links “On Dangerous Ground: America’s Century in the South China Sea,” by Gregory B. Poling, Oxford University Press, 2022.

Sea Control 359 - Maritime Radiological & Nuclear Trafficking with Jay Benson

July 03, 2022 04:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

Link: Maritime Radiological and Nuclear Trafficking by Small, Traditional, and Unregulated Vessels by Jay Benson, Stable Seas, March 29, 2022. 

Sea Control 358 - Information Fusion Center Singapore with Cdr Jeremy Bachelier (English Version)

June 30, 2022 13:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

Commander Jeremy Bachelier, the French Liaison Officer at the Information Fusion Center (IFC) in Singapore joins us to discuss the missions of the center and the IFC’s contribution to maritime security from the perspective of a French Liaison Officer. We also explore the current and future challenges to maritime security in the Indo-Pacific as well as the evolution in the types of threats to maritime security and the tools at the disposal of the local and international communities.

Sea Control 358 - Information Fusion Center Singapore with Cdr Jeremy Bachelier (French Version)

June 30, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

L'animatrice, rédactrice et productrice Alexia Bouallagui s'entretient avec le Commandant Jeremy Bachelier, Officier de Liaison français au Centre de Fusion de l’Information (IFC) à Singapour. Ils discutent des missions du centre et de la contribution de l'IFC à la sécurité maritime du point de vue d'un Officier de Liaison français. Ils abordent également les défis actuels et futurs de la sécurité maritime dans la région Indo-Pacifique ainsi que l'évolution des menaces pour la sécurité mariti...

Sea Control 357 - Artificial Waterways in International Water Law with Dr. Tamar Meshel

June 26, 2022 04:00 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB

Links 1. "Artificial Waterways in International Water Law: An American Perspective," by Dr. Tamar Meshel, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, December 13, 2021 2. Sea Control 224 - Clashes at Sea with Dr. Sara Mitchell, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 24, 2021. 

Sea Control 356 - Global Fish Transshipment Networks with Dr. Gohar Petrossian

June 23, 2022 09:30 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

Links 1. "Identifying Central Carriers and Detecting Key Communities Within the Global Fish Transshipment Networks," by Gohar A. Petrossian, Bryce Barthuly, and Monique C. Sosnowski, Frontiers in Marine Science, March 31, 2022. 

Sea Control 355 - The War at Sea with Dr. Seth Cropsey

June 19, 2022 04:00 - 13 minutes - 12 MB

Links 1. "The War at Sea," by Dr. Seth Cropsey, RealClearDefense, April 18, 2022. 

Sea Control 354 - Sub Shipyards for Northern Ohio with CAPT Edward Bartlett

June 16, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

The Bartlett Maritime Corporation intends to build a brand-new naval repair depot and submarine construction support facility, alongside potential repair shipyards in Lordstown and Lorain, Ohio. The ambitious project would build and use Oceangoing Transit Carriers to transport new submarine sub-modules and, eventually, complete submarines through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Host Matthew Hipple discusses the Lordstown-Lorain project w/ its entrepreneurial architect, CAPT Edward Bartlett. Relyin...

Sea Control 353 - The Medical Culture of the British Seaman with Dr. Sara Caputo

June 12, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes - 24 MB

Links "Treating, Preventing, Feigning, Concealing: Sickness, Agency and the Medical Culture of the British Naval Seaman at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century," by Dr. Sara Caputo, Social History of Medicine, December 15, 2021. 

Sea Control 352 - The Silver Waterfall: The Battle of Midway with Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor

June 09, 2022 09:30 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

Links 1. "The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway," by Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor, PublicAffairs, May 17, 2022. 2. "The Importance of the Battle of Midway," by Tom Hone, War on the Rocks, September 12, 2013. 3. Battle of Midway - Naval History and Heritage Command. 4. Steven McGregor website. 5. Brendan Simms faculty profile.

Sea Control 351 - Don't Buy Warships (Yet) with David Alman

June 05, 2022 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MB

Links 1. "Don't Buy Warships (Yet)," by David Alman, Proceedings, June 2022. 2. Sea Control 303: The Case for Seaplanes with David Alman, CIMSEC, December 19, 2021. 3. “The Navy Needs More Firepower,” by T.X. Hammes, USNI Proceedings, January 2021 4. “From Sea to Sky,” by David Alman, CIMSEC December 10, 2019. 5. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020. 6. “DARPA Unveils Liberty Lifter Seaplane Concept,” Naval News, May 19, 2022.

Sea Control 350 - Top Gun 2 Reactions *Spoiler Warning*

June 02, 2022 09:30 - 1 hour - 58.2 MB

To celebrate 200 episodes since our relaunch, we watched Top Gun: Maverick!! I'm joined by TOPGUN grad Graham Scarbro and retired Naval Aviatrix and Public Affairs Officer Sarah Higgins to capture all of our reactions to seeing Maverick on the Big Screen again 35 years later. Spoilers ahead!

Sea Control 349 - Maritime Security Approaches of European NATO Members with Julian Pawlak and Dr. Antoni Pienkos

May 29, 2022 04:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

Links: 1. One Team, One Playground, Various Players: Maritime Security Approaches of European NATO Members, by Dr. Antoni Pienkos and Julian Pawlak, Fundacja im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego , 2022. 2. National Security Strategy of the Republic of Poland 2020.  3. Poland's  Strategic Concept for Maritime Security (2017) 4. The Defence Concept of the Republic of Poland, May 2017.   

Sea Control 348 - Taiwan & European Security with Meia Nouwens

May 26, 2022 09:30 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MB

Links 1. Taiwan, Cross-strait Stability and European Security: Implications and Response Options, by Henry Boyd, Franz-Stefan Gady, Oskar Glaese, Meia Nouwens and Benjamin Schreer, International Institute for Strategic Studies, March 2022.  2. Sounds Strategic Podcast

Sea Control 347 - Wargaming at CNA with Dr. Chris Ma

May 22, 2022 04:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MB

Links: 1. Rolling the Iron Dice: From Analytical Wargaming to the Cycle of Research, by Peter Perla, Web Ewell, Christopher Ma, Justin Peachey, Jeremy Sepinsky & Basil Tripsas, War on the Rocks, October 21, 2019.  2. Revitalizing Wargaming is Necessary to be Prepared for Future Wars, by Robert Work & Gen. Paul Selva, War on the Rocks, Dec. 8, 2015. 

Sea Control 346 - China's Gray Zone Tactics with Cristina Garafola

May 19, 2022 09:30 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MB

Links 1. "A New Framework for Understanding Chinese Gray Zone Tactics," by Bonny Lin, Cristina Garafola, et al. RAND Corporation, 2022.  2. "Gaining Competitive Advantage in the Gray Zone," by Lyle Morris, Michael Mazarr, et al. RAND Corporation, 2019. 3. "Competing in the Gray Zone: Russian Tactics and Western Responses," by Stacie Pettyjohn and Becca Wasser, RAND Corporation, 2019.  4. CMSI China Maritime Report #1: "China's Third Sea Force, The People's Armed Forces Militia: Tethered to ...

Sea Control 345 - Reconsidering Maritime Warfare with Dr. Michael Petersen

May 15, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

Links:  1. Reconsidering Russian Maritime Warfare by Dr. Michael B. Peterson, CIMSEC, April 11, 2022. 2. Russia Maritime Studies Institute

Sea Control 344 - The Western Indian Ocean's Militarization Dilemma

May 12, 2022 09:30 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Links 1. Maritime Security and the Western Indian Ocean's Militarization Dilemma, by Christian Bueger and Jan Stockbruegger, African Security Review, April 4, 2022.  2. Safe Seas

Sea Control 343 - 10 Years of CIMSEC with Sally DeBoer, Daniel Stefanus, and Dmitry Filipoff

May 08, 2022 04:00 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

The celebration of CIMSEC's 10-year anniversary continues! Former presidents Sally DeBoer, Daniel Stefanus, and Director of Online Content Dmitry Filipoff join the podcast to celebrate the organization and reflect on their respective tenures.

Sea Control 342 - The Navy, in Black & White with John Cordle & Reuben Keith Green

May 05, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

Links 1. “The Navy, In Black and White,” by CAPT John Cordle and LCDR Reuben Keith Green, USNI Proceedings, February 2022. 2. “Revisiting the Navy’s Beard Policy, With an Eye Toward Inclusion,” by CAPT John Cordle, USNI Blog, July 22, 2021. 3. “The Case for Renaming the USS John C. Stennis,” by LCDR Reuben Keith Green, USNI Proceedings, June 2020. 4. “Shut Up and Listen: Leadership Means Listening,” by CAPT John Cordle, USNI Blog, August 10, 2017. 5. “Study Finds Beard Waivers Slow Promotio...

Sea Control 341 - A Chinese-Australian Lasing Incident with Dr. Euan Graham

May 01, 2022 04:00 - 19 minutes - 7.16 MB

Links 1. "Laser incident near Australia paints China in a bad light," by Dr. Euan Graham, IISS, February 25, 2022. 2. "US Department of Defense: Guam Laser Incident 'Unprofessional,' Violates 2014 Code," by Ankit Panda, The Diplomat, March 9, 2020. 3. "US Navy: Chinese Destroyer Targeted P-8A Aircraft With Laser," by Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat, February 29, 2020. 

Sea Control 340 - LEGO Lost at Sea with Tracey Williams

April 28, 2022 10:00 - 18 minutes - 10 MB

Links 1. Adrift: The Curious Tale of the LEGO Lost at Sea, by Tracey Williams, with Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Mario Cacciottolo, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022.

Sea Control 339 - The Montreux Convention with Mark Nevitt

April 24, 2022 04:00 - 20 minutes - 7.32 MB

Links: 1. The 1936 Montreux Convention. 2. A Constitution for the Oceans. Remarks by Tommy Koh, President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea.  3. The Russia-Ukraine Conflict, the Black Sea, and the Montreux Convention, by Mark Nevitt, Just Security, February 28, 2022. 4. The Operational and Legal Risks of a No-Fly Zone over Ukrainian Skies, by Mark Nevitt, Just Security, March 10, 2022.

Sea Control 338 - 10 Years of CIMSEC with Chris Stockdale and Jimmy Drennan

April 21, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 12 MB

CIMSEC Presidents past and present Jimmy Drennan and Chris Stockdale, respectively, join the program to celebrate the organization's past and look to the future. This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.

Sea Control 337 - Why Aviators are the Greatest Threat to Naval Aviation

April 17, 2022 04:00 - 45 minutes - 16 MB

Links 1. "Winged Luddites: Aviators are the Biggest threat to Carrier Aviation," by Noah Spataro, Trevor Phillips-Levine and Andrew Tenbusch. War on the Rocks, January 10, 2022. 2. "Regaining the High Ground at Sea: Transforming the Navy's Carrier Air Wing for Great Power Competition," by Bryan Clark, Adam Lemon, Peter Haynes, Kyle Libby and Gillian Evans. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 2018. 3. "US Navy Fly Two Remotely Controlled EA-18G Growlers in Test Flights," by Gra...

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