
Sea Control
Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.
Latest episodes

Dec 1, 2022 • 37min
Sea Control 393 - Beyond the CWC Concept with CAPT Bill Shafley
Links 1. "A New Desron Staff - Beyond the Composite Warfare Commander Concept," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, Aug 18, 2022.2. "A New Carrier Strike Group Staff for Warfighting and Warfighters," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, February 24, 2020.3. "Put the Commander Back in Commander's Intent," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, May 13, 2020.4. "Sea Control 154: New Forms of Naval Operational Planning," with CAPT Bill Shafley and Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 27, 2020.5. "New Forms of Naval Operational Planning for Earning Command of the Seas," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, September 10, 2018.

Nov 22, 2022 • 35min
Sea Control 392 - Russia's Arctic Strategy in a Changing Region with Katarzyna Zysk
Links1. “Russia in the Arctic: Gauging How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Will Alter Regional Dynamics,”by Andrea Kendall-Taylor et al., Center for New American Security, September 15, 2022.2. “Russia Assumes Arctic Council Chairmanship amid Regional Tensions,” by Mary Chesnut and Anya Fink, Center for Naval Analyses, May 26, 2021.3. “The Arctic Ice between Russia and The US Is Melting. What’s at Stake at The Top of The World?”, by Sherryn Groch, The Age, October 21, 2022.

Nov 17, 2022 • 1h 1min
Sea Control 391 - Indo-Pacific Maritime Hour with Blake Herzinger & Jimmy Drennan
Links:1. YCAPS2. Advantage at Sea: Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, December 2020. 3. Goals and Objectives for a Stronger Maritime Nation: A Report to Congress, Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 2020.4. The National Strategy for Maritime Security, Department of Homeland Security, September 20, 2005. 5. National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, Prepared by the Ocean Science & Technology Subcommittee of the Ocean Policy Committee, June 2020. 6. National Strategy for the Arctic Region, The White House, October 2022.

Nov 10, 2022 • 40min
Sea Control 390 - Coastal State Jurisdiction Over Living Resources with Dr. Camille Goodman
Links1. "Coastal State Jurisdiction over Living Resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone," by Camille Goodman, Oxford University Press, February 15, 2022.2. "Sea Control 212 - China's Galapagos Fishing Fleet with Dr. Tabitha Mallory and Dr. Ian Ralby," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 22, 2020.3. "Sea Control 356 - Global Fish Transshipment Network with Dr. Gohar Petrossian," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, June 23, 2022.4. "Sea Control 368 - Gina Fiore on the Quad's New MDA Initiative," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 4, 2022.

Nov 3, 2022 • 36min
Sea Control 389 - Reagan's War Stories with Benjamin Griffin
Links:1. Reagan's War Stories - A Cold War Presidency, by Benjamin Griffin, USNI Press, September 15, 2022. 2. “Red Storm Rising’: Tom Clancy Novels and the Cult of National Security.”, by Walter L. Hixson, Diplomatic History 17, no. 4 (1993): 599–613. 3. "Tom Clancy And Ronald Reagan - Two Of America's Greatest Defenders". 2022. The Heritage Foundation. 4. “Reagan, Reykjavik, and Strategic Imagination,” by Thomas Ricks, Foreign Policy, November 2017)5. Sea Control 169 - Larry Bond & Dr. Sebastian Bruns on Harpoon, Red Storm Rising and Tom Clancy, CIMSEC, April 15, 2020.

Oct 27, 2022 • 22min
Sea Control 388 - The Case for More Basing in Greece & Cyprus with Dr. Aaron Stein
Links1. "At the Seam of Three Regions: The Case for More Basing and Access in Greece and Cyprus," by Aaron Stein, War on the Rocks, July 29, 2022.2. "Sea Control 199 - The Eastern Mediterranean Question with Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis and Dr. Jan Asmussen," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 12, 2020.3. Sea Control 226 - Phase Line Attila with Dr. Ed Erickson & Dr. Mesut Uyar, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, February 14, 2021.

Oct 20, 2022 • 40min
Sea Control 387 - The Untold Story of the Battle Off Samar
Links:The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Untold Story (Part I), RADM (Ret) Tom Andrews, Naval Order of the United States, June 8, 2020. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Untold Story (Part II), RADM (Ret) Tom Andrews, Naval Order of the United States, July 13, 2020. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the US Navy's Finest Hour, by James Hornfischer, Bantam March 29, 2005.The Defenders of Taffy 3: Analysis and Retelling of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, by Byron Como, June 26, 2019.Naval Order of the United StatesTreasure Island Museum

Oct 13, 2022 • 34min
Sea Control 386 - Tanks in the Surf with Matt Graham
1. "Tanks in the Surf – Maintaining the Joint Combined Arms Landing Team," by Major Matthew W. Graham, Association of the United States Army, Land Warfare Paper 147, July 2022.2. Sea Control 181 – The “Amphibious” 8th in the Pacific War, by Jared Samuelson with Major General Pat Donahoe and Don Chisholm, CIMSEC, June 7, 2020.3. Sea Control 198 – Australian Amphibious Capability with Colonel Kim Gilfillan, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 6, 2020.

Oct 6, 2022 • 24min
Sea Control 385 - Navy Cyber Workforce
Links1. “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.

Sep 29, 2022 • 22min
Sea Control 384 - India's Changing Relationship with South Korea with Abhijit Singh
Link:Revitalization of strategic ties between India and Korea – Assessing the possibilities of maritime partnerships, by Abhijit Singh, ORF Online, July 8, 2022.
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