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

Apr 7, 2022 • 31min
Sea Control 334 - Survival of the Richest with Dr. Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood
Links:1." Survival of the Richest, not the Fittest: How attempts to improve governance impact African small-scale marine fisheries," by Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, Nelly I. Kadagi, Dyhia Belhabib, and Edward H. Allison, Marine Policy, Volume 135, January 2022.

Apr 3, 2022 • 25min
Sea Control 333 - Crimario: France, the EU and the Indo-Pacific (English Version)
Link:Promote maritime domain awareness through information sharing and capacity building,CRIMARIO, Expertise France, 2019.

Apr 3, 2022 • 25min
Sea Control 333 - CRIMARIO: France, the EU & the Indo-Pacific (French Version)
Link: Promote maritime domain awareness through information sharing and capacity building,CRIMARIO, Expertise France, 2019.

Mar 31, 2022 • 24min
Sea Control 332 - Voices from the Shoreline with Mike Smylie
Links1. Voices from the Shoreline: The Ancient and Ingenious Traditions of Coastal Fishing, by Mike Smylie, The History Press, November 1, 2021.2. Kipperland.

Mar 27, 2022 • 30min
Sea Control 331 - Russia's Naval Blockade with Dr. Alexander Lott
Links1. "Russia’s Blockade in the Sea of Asov: A Call for Relief Shipments for Mariupol," by Dr. Alexander Lott, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law, March 14, 2022.2. The Estonian Straits (International Straits of the World), by Alexander Lott, Brill - Nijhoff, April 5, 2018.3. "Implications of Hybrid Warfare for the Order of the Oceans," by Alexander Lott, CIMSEC, August 3, 2020.4. San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, June 12, 1994.5. IMO Council decisions on Black Sea and Sea of Azov situation, March 11, 2022.6. Montreux Convention, July 20, 1936.

Mar 24, 2022 • 27min
Sea Control 330 - Ukraine and Naval Guerrilla Warfare with David Strachan
Links1. “UKR and Guerilla Naval Warfare,” by David Strachan, Strikepod Systems, March 15, 2022.2. "Ukraine: Estonian cargo ship sinks in the Black Sea," BBC, March 3, 2022.3. "Navy: Saudi Frigate Attacked by Unmanned Bomb Boat, Likely Iranian," by Sam LaGrone, USNI News, February 20, 2017.4. "What We Know and Don't Know About the Beirut Port Explosions," by Austin Ramzy and Elian Peltier, The New York Times, August 5, 2020.5. "Anatomy of a Drone Boat," Conflict Armament Research, December 2017.

Mar 20, 2022 • 23min
Sea Control 329 - The San Juan Island Boundary Dispute with J Overton
Links1. "The San Juan Island Boundary Dispute, 1859: Conditions for Peace and Dominance in a Very Gray Zone," by J. Overton, Small Wars Journal, October 19, 2017.

Mar 17, 2022 • 49min
Sea Control 328 - On Wide Seas with Dr. Claude Berube
Links1. "On Wide Seas," by Claude Berube, University of Alabama Press, 2021.

Mar 13, 2022 • 33min
Sea Control 327 - To Rule the Waves with Bruce Jones
Links1. “To Rule the Waves – How Control of the World’s Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers,” by Bruce D. Jones, Scribner, 2021.2. “The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger,” by Mark Levinson, Princeton University Press, 2008.3. “British Warship Collides With Russian Submarine, UK Defense Ministry Confirms,” Radio Free Europe, January 7, 2022.

Mar 10, 2022 • 34min
Sea Control 326 - The Futility of Arctic FONOPs with Cornell Overfield
Links:1. FONOP in Vain: The Legal Logics of a U.S. Navy FONOP in the Canadian or Russian Arctic, by Cornell Overfield, Arctic Yearbook, 20212. The "Polar Sea" Voyage and the Northwest Passage Dispute, by Philip J. Briggs, Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 16, No. 3, Spring 1990.3. Could a Kiwi Sailor's Northwest Passage Transit Break the Legal Ice Between Canada and the US?, by Cornell Overfield, lawfareblog, September 25, 1990. 4. The forgotten cruise of the SS Manhattan, by Jim Coogan, Cape Cod Times, September 1, 2009.