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

Aug 15, 2021 • 47min
Sea Control 268 - French Seapower with CAPT Hugues Canuel and Dr. Brian Chao
Links: 1. The Fall and Rise of French Seapower, France's Quest for an Independent Naval Policy, 1940-1963 by CAPT Hugues Canuel, April 15, 2021. USNI Press 2. BrianCChao.com

Aug 8, 2021 • 32min
Sea Control 267 - Resolving Diego Garcia with Chirayu Thakkar
Links1. "Overcoming the Diego Garcia Stalemate," by Chirayu Thakkar, War on the Rocks, July 12, 2021.This episode was edited and produced by Marie Williams.

Aug 1, 2021 • 43min
Sea Control 266 - The US Joint Force's Defeat Before Conflict
Link:The U.S. Joint Force's Defeat Before Conflict, by Anjanay Kumar, The US Army Mad Scientist Lab, April 19, 2021.

Jul 25, 2021 • 19min
Sea Control 265 - Building Islands and Influence with Nitya Labh
“Building Islands and Influence: Chinese Land Reclamation in the Southwest Pacific,” by Nitya Labh, Australian Defense Magazine, May 6, 2021.

Jul 18, 2021 • 25min
Sea Control 264 - Marine and Naval Aviation with Nate Lauterbach
“Marine Aviation Is Naval Aviation,” by Nathan Lauterbach, USNI Proceedings, April 2021.“Commandant’s Planning Guidance,” by David Berger, United States Marine Corps, July 2019.Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations, by United States Marine Corps, 2021. “Marines Update Force Design After a Year of Experimentation in the Field,” Megan Eckstein, USNI News, April 26, 2021.

Jul 11, 2021 • 34min
Sea Control 263 - Western Military Capability in Northern Europe with Eva Hagstrӧm Frisell and Krister Pallin
Links:1. Western Military Capability in Northern Europe, Part I Collective Defence, by Eva Hagstrӧm Frisell et al., FOI, March 10, 2021.2. Western Military Capability in Northern Europe, Part II National Capabilities, by Eva Hagstrӧm Frisell et al., FOI, March 10, 20213. Bursting the Bubble? Beyond A2/AD in the Baltic Sea Region: Capabilities, Countermeasures & Implications, by Robert Dalsjӧ, Christofer Berglund & Michael Jonsson, FOI, March 2019. 4. Beyond Bursting Bubbles: Understanding the Full Spectrum of the Russian A2/AD Threat and Identifying Strategies for Counteraction, by Michael Jonsson & Robert Dalsjӧ (eds), FOI, June 2020. 5. Sea Control 211 - Beyond Bursting Bubbles with Robert Dalsjӧ & Michael Jonsson, CIMSEC, November 15, 2020.

Jul 4, 2021 • 31min
Sea Control 262 - Africa's Combined Exclusive Maritime Zone with Dr. Vishal Surbun
Links: 1. Africa’s combined exclusive maritime zone concept2. Border Governance in Africa: An African Union Strategy

Jun 27, 2021 • 51min
Sea Control 261 - Service Support Squadron 10 with Ryan Hilger
Links1. "Service Squadron Ten and the Great Western Base," by LCDR Ryan Hilger, CIMSEC, April 15, 2021.

Jun 20, 2021 • 16min
Sea Control 260 - The Best Defense is a Good Offense with ENS Kara Dowling
Links1. "Cost-Effectiveness of Offense as a Ship Self-Defense Tactic," by ENS Kara Dowling, USNI Proceedings, April 2021.2. "A Multiagent Stochastic Control Model for Adversarial Planning in Naval Operations: Cost Effectiveness of the Offense as a Ship Self-Defense Tactic," ENS Kara Dowling, Phalanx 53, no. 3 (2020): 34-39.

Jun 17, 2021 • 21min
Sea Control 259 - Sea State with Madison Sargeant and Yash Khatavkar
Links1. Sea State Newsletter