

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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Jun 6, 2021 • 1h 3min
Sea Control 256 - Reporting from the Sea with Ian Urbina
Links1. “Fish Farming is Feeding the Globe. What’s the Cost for Locals?” by Ian Urbina, The New Yorker, March 1, 2021.2. The Outlaw Ocean Project website.3. Sea Control 225: IUU Fishing and the Evolution of the Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude Berube, CIMSEC, January 31, 2021.4. Sea Control 218: Coastal Insecurity, Ansar Al-Sunnah, and Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss and Lexie van Buskirk, CIMSEC, December 20, 2020.5. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.6. The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier, Ian Urbina, Penguin Books, 2020.

Jun 3, 2021 • 36min
Sea Control 255 - Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota
Links1. “Littoral Access Companies,” by Zach Ota, Marine Corps Gazette, February 2021.2. “Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations,” by USMC, 2020.3. “Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment,” USMC, 2017.4. Solomon Islanders in World War II: An Indigenous Perspective, Anna Annie Kwai, Australian National University Press, 2017.5. “Sleeper Cell Logistics,” by Michael Sweeny, Marine Corps Gazette, January 2021.6. Civil Affairs: Soldiers Became Governors, by Albert Weinberg and Harry Coles, Center of Military History, 1986.

May 28, 2021 • 41min
Sea Control 254 - Defining Readiness with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.)
Links"Redefine Readiness or Lose," by Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. and Gen. David H. Berger, War on the Rocks, March 15, 2021.

May 27, 2021 • 33min
Sea Control 253 - The Future of European Seapower with Dr. Jeremy Stöhs and Dr. Henrik Breitenbauch
Links:1. How High? The Future of European Naval Power and the High-End Challenge, by Dr. Jeremy Stöhs, February 12, 2021.2. Centre for Military Studies - University of Copenhagen

May 23, 2021 • 58min
Sea Control 252 - Bordering on Crisis with Brian Wilson and Nora Johnson
Links1. "Bordering on Crisis: Overcoming Multiagency Crisis Coordination Challenges," by Brian Wilson and Nora Johnson, New York University Press, 2021.2. The Jump3. "The Defection of Simas Kudirka," by Tom Dunlop, Martha's Vineyard Magazine, December 1, 2005.4. "China explosions: what we know about what happened in Tianjin," BBC, August 17, 2015. 5. MV Sun Sea6. "Lemons Caught in a Squeeze," by Paul Blustein and Brian rnes, The Washington Post, September 10, 2004.

May 20, 2021 • 36min
Sea Control 251 - Undersea, Out of Mind with Dr. Christian Bueger and Dr. Tobias Liebetrau
Links:1. Protecting hidden infrastructure: The security politics of the global submarine data cable network, by Dr. Christian Bueger and Dr. Tobias Liebetrau, Contemporary Security Policy, 29 March, 2021.2. www.safeseas.net

May 16, 2021 • 1h 6min
Sea Control 250 - Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Strategy
Links1. The War for Muddy Waters: Pirates, Terrorists, Traffickers and Maritime Insecurity, by Joshua Tallis, Naval Institute Press, 2019.2. Sea Control 197: Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 30, 2020.3. “Focusing the Military Services’ Arctic Strategies,” by Joshua Tallis, War on the Rocks, January 20, 2021.4. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, by Walker Mills CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.5. Sea Control 230: Coast Guard Unmanned Systems with Scott Craig and Bert Macesker, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, March 7, 2021.6. “Advantage at Sea,” The U.S. Marine Corps, Department of the Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard, December 2020.7. “How Good Order at Sea is Central to Winning Strategic Competition,” by Joshua Tallis, CIMSEC, August 12, 2020.8. “For a Biden Arctic Agenda, Look to Governance,” by Joshua Tallis, Foreign Policy, February 18, 2021.9. The Strife Blog series on Caribbean Maritime Security will run through June 2021.

May 13, 2021 • 30min
Sea Control 249 - Revelations from USS Thresher with CAPT (ret) Jim Bryant
Links1. "Navy Release Latest Round of USS Thresher Documents," USNI News, February 4, 2021.

May 9, 2021 • 52min
Sea Control 248 - Russia's Baltic Fleet with Jonas Kjellén and Anders Larsson
Links1. "The Russian Baltic Fleet, Organisation and role within the Armed Forces in 2020,"by Jonas Kjellén, FOI, February 2021.2. Russian Electronic Warfare the role of Electronic Warfare within the Armed Forces, by Jonas Kjellén, FOI, September 2018.

May 6, 2021 • 46min
Sea Control 247 - 2034 with Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman
Links1. War in 2034: A Novel of the Next War, by James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman, Penguin Press, 2021.2. Partnership for the Americas: Western Hemisphere Strategy and U.S. Southern Command, by James Stavridis, National Defense University Press, 2010.3. The Bedford Incident, by Mark Raskovich, Thunderchild Publishing (reprint, 2016).4. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape the Thucydides Trap? by Graham Allison, Mariner Books (reprint, 2017).5. Winds of War, by Herman Wouk, Hodder & Stoughton, 2013.6. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Tor Books (reprint, 2017).7. Man’s Fate, by Andre Malraux, Vintage, 1990.8. Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond, Berkeley (reprint, 2009).9. Admiral James Stavridis Official Website10. Elliot Ackerman Official Website


