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

Jul 17, 2022 • 23min
Sea Control 363 - Maritime Sabotage in Great Power Competition with Alexander Powell
Links1. "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.

Jul 14, 2022 • 38min
Sea Control 362 - Amphibious Lessons Learned from Ukraine with Tim Heck & Walker Mills
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.

Jul 10, 2022 • 25min
Sea Control 361 - Carrier Killers with Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger
LinksCarrier Killer: China’s Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles and Theater of Operations in the early 21st Century, by Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger, Helion, 2022.

Jul 7, 2022 • 33min
Sea Control 360 - On Dangerous Ground in the South China Sea with Greg Poling
Links“On Dangerous Ground: America’s Century in the South China Sea,” by Gregory B. Poling, Oxford University Press, 2022.

Jul 3, 2022 • 31min
Sea Control 359 - Maritime Radiological & Nuclear Trafficking with Jay Benson
Link:Maritime Radiological and Nuclear Trafficking by Small, Traditional, and Unregulated Vessels by Jay Benson, Stable Seas, March 29, 2022.

Jun 30, 2022 • 39min
Sea Control 358 - Information Fusion Center Singapore with Cdr Jeremy Bachelier (French Version)
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 maritime et les outils à la disposition de la communauté locale et internationale.

Jun 30, 2022 • 27min
Sea Control 358 - Information Fusion Center Singapore with Cdr Jeremy Bachelier (English Version)
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.

Jun 26, 2022 • 25min
Sea Control 357 - Artificial Waterways in International Water Law with Dr. Tamar Meshel
Links1. "Artificial Waterways in International Water Law: An American Perspective," by Dr. Tamar Meshel, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, December 13, 20212. Sea Control 224 - Clashes at Sea with Dr. Sara Mitchell, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 24, 2021.

Jun 23, 2022 • 24min
Sea Control 356 - Global Fish Transshipment Networks with Dr. Gohar Petrossian
Links1. "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.

Jun 19, 2022 • 13min
Sea Control 355 - The War at Sea with Dr. Seth Cropsey
Links1. "The War at Sea," by Dr. Seth Cropsey, RealClearDefense, April 18, 2022.