
Sea Control
Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.
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Aug 21, 2022 • 23min
Sea Control 373 - A Coercive Quarantine of Taiwan with Dr. Bradley Martin & Kristen Gunness
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

Aug 18, 2022 • 35min
Sea Control 372 - The Problem with Autonomous Ships
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, CIMSEC, December 12, 2021.

Aug 14, 2022 • 33min
Sea Control 371 - Maritime Security and Colombia with Dr. Oscar Palma Morales
Links1. 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.

Aug 11, 2022 • 38min
Sea Control 370 - NATO's Shifting Approach to Strategic Stability, Defense & Deterrence with Nicolò Fasola
Links1. NATO 2022 Strategic Concept.

Aug 7, 2022 • 36min
Sea Control 369 - Conceptualizing Ports & Organized Crime with Dr. Anna Sergi
Links1. “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.

Aug 4, 2022 • 24min
Sea Control 368 - The Quad's New MDA Initiative with Gina Fiore
Links1. "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.

Jul 31, 2022 • 35min
Sea Control 367 - To Risk it All with Adm (ret) James Stavridis
Link1. To Risk It All, Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision, by Adm (ret) James Stavridis, Penguin Press, 2022.

Jul 28, 2022 • 27min
Sea Control 366 - Cybersecurity and Strategic Sealift with Jason Ileto
Links: Cyber at Sea: Protecting Strategic Sealift in the Age of Strategic Competition, by Jason Ileto, Modern War Institute, May 10, 2022.

Jul 24, 2022 • 25min
Sea Control 365 - LOTS to be Desired with Garrett Chandler and Matt Carstensen
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.

Jul 21, 2022 • 32min
Sea Control 364 - How Foreign Companies are Subsidizing China's Navy
Links1. "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.
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