

Sea Control
CIMSEC Podcasting Team
Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.
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Oct 26, 2023 • 39min
Sea Control 474 - AUKUS, Naval Procurement & Grand Strategy with Dr. Jonathan Caverley
Link:"AUKUS: When naval procurement drives grand strategy," by Dr. Jonathan Caverley, International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, September 2023.

Oct 21, 2023 • 28min
Sea Control 473 - Doctrine Man, Leadership & Superheroes with Steve Leonard
Links1. Power Up: Leadership, Character, and Conflict Beyond the Superhero Multiverse, edited by Steven Leonard, Jonathan Klug, Kelsey Cipolla and Jon Niccum, Casemate, 2023.

Oct 19, 2023 • 21min
Sea Control 472 - Littoral Security with Dr. Prakash Gopal
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 was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.

Oct 15, 2023 • 34min
Sea Control 471 - British Coastal Forces with Andrew Young
Links1. (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.

Oct 12, 2023 • 24min
Sea Control 470 - Europe's Underwater Environment with Elio Calcagno and Michelangelo Freyrie
Link:"The Underwater Environment and European Defence and Security," edited by Elio Calcagno and Alessandro Marrone, Istituto Affari Internazionali, June 13, 2023.

Oct 8, 2023 • 17min
Sea Control 469 - The Importance of Studying Abroad with Midshipman Natalie Schirmacher
Links1. "The Navy’s Study-Abroad Programs Need Better Variety," by Natalie Schirmacher, Proceedings, February 2023.

Oct 5, 2023 • 32min
Sea Control 468 - Airborne ASW with Mike Glynn
Links1. 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.

Oct 1, 2023 • 55min
Sea Control 467 - The Spanish Armada with Colin Martin
Armada: The Spanish Enterprise and England’s Deliverance in 1588, by Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker, Yale University Press, 2023

Sep 28, 2023 • 32min
Sea Control 466 - Deliberate Campaigning in the Pacific with Benjamin Van Horrick and Steven Bancroft
Links1. "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, 2023.4. The Chinese Invasion Threat, by Ian Easton, Eastbridge Books, April 2019.

Sep 24, 2023 • 28min
Sea Control 465 - China's Floating Nuclear Power Plants with Omar Pimentel and Edward Jenner
"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.