

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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Apr 1, 2021 • 1h 7min
Sea Control 236 - SEA SHANTIES!!! YARGGGGH!
Links (In this instance, simply a list of Sea Shanties I enjoy):1. Bully in the Alley2. Santiana3. The Wellerman (featuring Promise & Frank Uzuwolu)4. Go to Sea No More5. Row Me Bully Boys6. Barrett's Privateers7. The Longest Johns Play Sea of Thieves8. FiddleCraig.com

Mar 28, 2021 • 38min
Sea Control 235 - Canada's Role in the 4th Battle of the Atlantic
Links1. "Canada and the Fourth Battle of the Atlantic," by Cdr Peter Sproule, Canadian Naval Review, Vol 16, Number 3, 2021.

Mar 21, 2021 • 45min
Sea Control 234 - Maritime Sri Lanka with Dr. Chulanee Attanayake and Dr. Jivanta Schӧttli
Links1. Maritime Sri Lanka: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, by Chulanee Attanayake (editor), World Scientific Publishing Company, January 29, 2021.

Mar 19, 2021 • 38min
Sea Control 233 - Evolution of British Amphibious Capabilities with Dr. Ian Speller
Links1. "Neither Fish Nor Fowl Nor Yet Good Red Herring" - Joint Institutions, Single-Service Priorities, and Amphibious Capabilities in Postwar Britain, Dr. Ian Speller, U.S. Naval War College Review, 2020 Vol. 73, Nr. 4 (7).2. Sea Control 189 - Amphibious Operations in the French & Indian War with Dr. TJ Linzy.3.The Ambassadors: America's Diplomats on the Front Lines, by Ed Salo and Paul Richter, U.S. Naval War College Review, 2021 Vol 74, Nr. 1 (18).4. Understanding Naval Warfare, Ian Speller, Routledge, 2019.

Mar 14, 2021 • 37min
Sea Control 232 - Free & Open Indo-Pacific vs. Belt & Road
Links1. “The Free and Open Indo-Pacific versus the Belt and Road: Spheres of Influence and Sino-Japanese Relations," by Giulio Pugliese, Aurelio Insisa, Pacific Review, December 23, 2020.2. “Sino-Japanese Power Politics: Might, Money and Minds,” by Giulio Pugliese, Aurelio Insisa, Palgrave MacMillan, 2018.3. “Commitment by Presence: Naval diplomacy and Japanese defense engagement in Southeast Asia,” by Alessio Patalano, in Japan's Foreign Relations in Asia, Routledge, 2017.4. “America’s Naval Presence Problem," by Jerry Hendrix, War On The Rocks, January 26, 2016.5. “Naval drills in the Indian Ocean give bite to the anti-China Quad," The Economist, November 17, 2020.6. “Sri Lanka revives port deal with India, Japan amid China concerns," AFP, Al Jazeera News, January 14, 2021.7. “The Sri Lankan Civil War,” by Kallie Szczepanski, ThoughtCo July 8, 2019.8. “Sri Lanka says to conduct investigation into war crimes allegations,” AFP Yahoo News, January 22, 2021.9. “UN rights chief sends critical report on Sri Lanka to Government," by Easwaran Rutnam, columbogazette.com, January 21, 2021.

Mar 11, 2021 • 46min
Sea Control 231 - Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers & Dr. Sarah Kirchberger
Links:1. "Not So Disruptive After All: The 4IR, Navies and the Search for Sea Control," Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger, Nov. 25, 20202. "Advancing Autonomous Systems: An Analysis of Current and Future Technology for Unmanned Maritime Vehicles," Bradley Martin, Danielle Tarraf, Thomas Whitmore, Jacob DeWeese, Cedric Kenney, Jon Schmid, and Paul DeLuca, 2019.

Mar 7, 2021 • 51min
Sea Control 230 - Coast Guard R&D & Unmanned Systems with Scott Craig & Bert Macesker
Links“Leveraging Unmanned Systems for Coast Guard Missions: A Strategic Imperative,” by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine - Transportation Research Board, (2020). “Coast Guard Begins At-Sea Testing of Unmanned Surface Vehicles to Tackle Illegal Fishing, Crime,” by Megan Eckstein, USNI News (October 15, 2020). “Indonesian fisher finds drone submarine on possible covert mission,” by Helen Davidson, The Guardian (December 31, 2020). “The Coast Guard Needs to Listen – Acoustically,” by Thomas V. Caero, USNI Proceedings (August 2020).

Feb 28, 2021 • 34min
Sea Control 229 - Author Ian W. Toll, Six Frigates and the Pacific Trilogy
Links1. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy, Ian W. Toll, W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.2. Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942, Ian W. Toll, W. W. Norton & Company, 2012.3. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944, Ian W. Toll, W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.4. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945, Ian W. Toll, W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.5. Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila, James Scott, W. W. Norton & Company, 2019.

Feb 21, 2021 • 55min
Sea Control 228 - To Provide & Maintain a Navy with Dr. Jerry Hendrix
Links:1. To Provide & Maintain a Navy by Henry J. Hendrix, Dec. 19, 2020.2. Buy Fords Not Ferraris, by Commander Jerry Hendrix, Proceedings, April 2009. 3. Seapower States: Maritime Culture, Continental Empires, and the Conflict that Made the Modern World, by Prof. Andrew Lambert, Nov 27, 2018.4. At What Cost a Carrier, by Jerry Hendrix, CNAS, March 11, 2013.5. Retreat From Range - The Rise and Fall of Carrier Aviation, by Jerry Hendrix, CNAS, October 19, 2015.6. Aircraft Carriers & Maritime History, Jerry Hendrix & Bryan McGrath, C-SPAN3, January 9, 2015.rof. Andrew Lambert, Nov 27, 2018.

Feb 14, 2021 • 43min
Sea Control 227 - The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean with Dr. Sharika Crawford
The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation and Boundary Making, by Sharika Crawford, University of North Carolina Press (2020). Sea Control 206: The Cod Wars with Will Reynolds and Walker Mills, CIMSEC (October 11, 2020) “The Cod Wars Today: Lessons from an Almost War,” by Walker Mills, CIMSEC (July 28, 2020). Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC (December 27, 2020). A Thousand Thirsty Beaches: Smuggling Alcohol from Cuba to the South During Prohibition, Lisa Lindquist Dorr, University of North Carolina Press (2021). To Master the Boundless Sea: The U.S. Navy, the Marine Environment, and the Cartography of Empire, by Jason Smith, University of North Carolina Press (2018). Home Squadron: The U.S. Navy and the North Atlantic, by James Rentfrow, Naval Institute Press (2014). Rogue Revolutionaries: The Fight for Legitimacy in the Greater Caribbean, by Vanessa Mongey, University of Pennsylvania Press (2020).Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela, by Cristina Soriano, University of New Mexico Press (2019). The Smuggler’s World: Illicit Trade and Atlantic Communities in Eighteenth Century Venezuela, by Jesse Cromwell, University of North Carolina Press (2018).


