

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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Nov 25, 2021 • 47min
Sea Control 296 - Maritime Security in Mozambique with Dr. Assis Malaquias and Tim Walker
Links1. Sea Control 218: Coastal Insecurity, Ansar Al-Sunna and Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss & Lexie Van Buskirk, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 20, 2020.2. “Mozambique’s Tuna Corruption Scandal Puts Justice on Trial,” by Karen Schoonbee, BBC News, October 3, 2021.3.Institute for Security Studies website.

Nov 21, 2021 • 14min
Sea Control 295 - Russia's Caspian Flotilla with MIDN 1/C Benoit Gorgemans
Links1. "The Caspian Flotilla: Russia’s Offensive Reinvention," by MIDN 1/C Benoit Gorgemans, Proceedings, August 2021.

Nov 18, 2021 • 32min
Sea Control 294 - EU Fishing Governance with Dr. Alin Kadfak & Dr. Anna Antonova
Links1. "Sustainable Networks: Modes of governance in the EU’s external fisheries policy relations under the IUU Regulation in Thailand and the SFPA with Senegal," by Alin Kadfak and Anna Antonova. Marine Policy, Vol. 132, October 2021.

Nov 14, 2021 • 29min
Sea Control 293 - Cyber Threats & Chokepoints with Dr. Diane Zorri & Dr. Gary Kessler
Links1. "Cyber Threats and Choke Points: How Adversaries are Leveraging Maritime Cyber Vulnerabilities for Advantage in Irregular Warfare," by Dr. Diane Zorri and Dr. Gary Kessler, Modern Warfare Institute, September 8, 2021.2. Cross Domain IW Threats to SOF Maritime Missions: Implications for U.S. SOF, by Dr. Gary Kessler and Dr. Diane Zorri, Joint Special Operations University Report 21-4, 2021.

Nov 11, 2021 • 52min
Sea Control 292 — Closing the Gender Gap with Dr. Jeannette Haynie and Brian Kerg
Links1. "Close the Door on Gender Barriers," by Brian Kerg, Proceedings, United States Naval Institute, August 2021.2. USNI Blog posts by Jeannette Haynie.3. Athena Leadership Project.4. USMC Women’s Initiative Team Facebook page.5. Actionable Change – the FB page is closed to all but female Marines, but there is s also an Allies page.6. "The Perils of Mixing Masculinity and Missiles," by Carol Cohn, The New York Times, January 5, 2018

Nov 7, 2021 • 32min
Sea Control 291 - Changing the Surface Navy's Maintenance Culture with CDR Ike Harris
Links:1. Change the Surface Navy’s Maintenance Philosophy, by Commander Isaac Harris, Proceedings, Aug 2021.2. Comprehensive Review of Recent Surface Force Incidents, US Fleet Forces Command, Oct 26, 2017.3. Fleet Review Panel of Surface Force Readiness (The Balisle Report), by VADM Balisle, Feb 26, 2010.

Nov 4, 2021 • 30min
Sea Control 290 — Undersea Geopolitics with Rachael Squire
Links:1. Undersea Geopolitics: Sealab, Science, and the Cold War by Rachael Squire, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2021.

Oct 31, 2021 • 24min
Sea Control 289 - Naval Culture in Athens and Imperial Japan with Kunika Kakuta
Links1. “The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War?” by Graham Allison, The Atlantic, September, 24, 2015.2. Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires and the Conflict that Made the Modern World, by Andrew Lambert, Yale University Press, 2018.

Oct 28, 2021 • 33min
Sea Control 288 - Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan with Tom Shugart
Links1. “Mind the Gap: How China’s Civilian Shipping Could Enable A Taiwan Invasion,” by Thomas Shugart, War on the Rocks, August 16, 2021.2. “The Better China is Prepared for War, the More it Can Crush US-DPP Collusion,” by Hu Xijin, Global Times, August 28, 2021.3. “Davidson: China Could Try to Take Control of Taiwan In ‘Next Six Years," Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News, March 9, 2021.4. “China Maritime Report No. 4: Civil Transport in PLA Power Projection,” by Conor Kennedy, China Maritime Studies Institute of the U.S. Naval War College, December 6, 2019.5. “Ramping the Strait: Quick and Dirty Solutions To Boost Amphibious Lift,” Conor Kennedy, China Brief from The Jamestown Foundation, July 16, 2021.6. “PLA Uses Large Civilian Ferry Ship for Vehicle Transport in Cross-sea Landing Drills for 1st Time,” by Liu Xuanzun, Global Times, August 19, 2021.7. MarineTraffic.com.

Oct 24, 2021 • 42min
Sea Control 287 - Small Wars & More with Dr. Mark Folse
Links1. "Never Known a Day of Peace," by Dr. Mark Folse, Naval History Magazine, August 2021.


