

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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Feb 7, 2021 • 1h 16min
Sea Control 226 - Phase Line Attila with Dr. Ed Erickson & Dr. Mesut Uyar
Links: 1. Phase Line Atilla, The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974, by Edward J. Erickson & Mesut Uyar, Marine Corps University Press, 2020. 2. Ericksonmilitaryhistory.com

Jan 31, 2021 • 46min
Sea Control 225 - IUU Fishing and the Evolution of Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude Berube
Links1. “Sea Control 153 – USS Constitution with Angry Staff Officer and Dr. Claude Berube,” Claude Berube, Angry Staff Officer with Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC (2020).2. “Sea Control 156 – Sink the Montana!,” Claude Berube with Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC (2020).3. The Preble Hall Podcast by the USNA Museum.4. Maritime Private Security: Market Responses to Piracy, Terrorism and Waterborne Security Risks in the 21st Century, edited by Claude Berube and Patrick Cullen, Routledge (2012).5. “Blackwaters for the Blue Waters: The Promise of Private Naval Companies,” by Claude Berube, Orbis (2007).6. “Standup a Joint Interagency Task Force to Fight Illegal Fishing,” by Claude Berube, CIMSEC (2020).7. Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food, by Lizzie Collingham, Penguin Books, (2013).8. “Sea Shepherd: The Evolution of an Eco-Vigilante to Legitimized Maritime Capacity Builder,” by Claude Berube, U.S. Naval War College (2020).9. “Leveraging NGOs and Volunteerism for Maritime Surveillance Against IUU Fishing,” by Walker Mills, Dylan Philips-Levine and Trevor Philips-Levine, CIMSEC (2020).10. “Advantage At Sea,” U.S. Tri-Service Maritime Strategy (2020).11. “Competition Continuum,” U.S. Department of Defense (2020).12. “Thunder Road: Outsourcing the Fight Against Illegal Fishing,” by Claude Berube, War on the Rocks, (2015).13. “Trump’s Gunboats: Achieving the Goal of 350 or 355 Ships will be Challenging,” by Claude Berube, The National Interest (2016).14. “Online Event: Strategic Perspectives on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing,” panel discussion with Craig Faller and Karl Schultz, Center for Strategic & International Studies (2020). 15. “The Maritime Story Missing in “Civilian Warriors,” Claude Berube interview with Erik Prince, CIMSEC (2013).16. The Aden Effect: A Connor Stark Novel, Claude Berube, Naval Institute Press (2012).17. Syren’s Song: A Connor Stark Novel, Claude Berube, Naval Institute Press (2015).

Jan 24, 2021 • 44min
Sea Control 224 - Clashes at Sea with Dr. Sara Mitchell
1. Mitchell, Sara McLaughlin. 2020. “Clashes at Sea: Explaining the Onset, Militarization, and Resolutionof Diplomatic Maritime Claims.” Security Studies 29(4): 637-670.2. Security Studies Vol 29, Issue 4

Jan 17, 2021 • 36min
Sea Control 223 - Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World with Andrea Pitzer
Links1. Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World by Andrea Pitzer, Scribner, 2021.2. One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps by Andrea Pitzer, Little, Brown and Company, 2017.3. Longitude by Dava Sobel, Bloomsbury USA, 2010.4. “Polar bears and Arctic isolation: A Russian opposition activist describes military service as ‘political exile,’” by Robyn Dixon, The Washington Post, January 2, 2021.5. “Sailors found alive at sea after 13ft wave smashes into boat in -30C weather,” by Will Stuart and Milo Boyd, The Mirror, December 28, 2020.6. Barents expedition art by Sergey Nekrasov at the Rijksmuseum.7. Arctic Strategic Outlook, United States Coast Guard, 2019.8. “In the Arctic, Look to the Coast Guard,” by Walker Mills, USNI Proceedings, August 2020.

Jan 10, 2021 • 42min
Sea Control 222 - TOPGUN's Leadership Lessons with Guy Snodgrass & Graham Scarbro
Links:1. TOPGUN'S TOP 10: Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit, by Guy Snodgrass, Sep 15, 2020.2. "Take a Seat at the Campfire: TOPGUN's Top Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit," by Graham Scarbro, CIMSEC, January 10, 2021.

Jan 10, 2021 • 33min
Sea Control 221 - Congressional Perspectives on Battle Force 2045 with Rep. Elaine Luria and Rep. Mike Gallagher
Links1. "Force Structure Perspectives: Congresswoman Elaine Luria on Getting Congress Involved," CIMSEC, Oct 30, 2020.2. "Bringing Congress to the (Wargaming) Table for a Bigger and Better Navy," by Rep. Mike Gallagher, War on the Rocks, Oct. 19, 2020.3. "To Deter China, the Naval Forces Must Integrate," War on the Rocks, Rep. Mike Gallagher Feb 4, 2020.

Jan 3, 2021 • 33min
Sea Control 220 - On Contested Shores with B.A. Friedman & Timothy Heck
Links:1. On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare, edited by Tim Heck and B.A. Friedman, Marine Corps University Press, 2020.2. 21st Century Ellis: Operational Art and Strategic Prophecy for the Modern Era, by B.A. Friedman, Naval Institute Press, 2015.3. Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle, by B.A. Friedman, Naval Institute Press, 2017.4. From the Cold War to ISIL: One Marine’s Journey, by Jason Q. Bohm, Naval Institute Press, 2019.

Dec 27, 2020 • 1h 1min
Sea Control 219 - USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz
By Walker MillsSea Control 219. Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Admiral Karl Schultz joins Sea Control’s Walker Mills to talk about the recent Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Strategic Fishing Strategic Outlook and the 2019 Arctic Strategic Outlook. Admiral Schultz discusses the balancing the Coast Guard’s missions and resources, innovation in the force and the Coast Guard’s role in great power competition.Download Sea Control 219 - USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz Links1. “Arctic Strategic Outlook,” United States Coast Guard, April 2019.2. “Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Strategic Outlook,” United States Coast Guard, September 2020.3. “White Ships for the Gray Zone,” by Capt. Walker Mills, USNI Proceedings, February 2020.4. “In the Arctic, Look to the Coast Guard,” by Capt. Walker Mills, USNI Proceedings, August 2020.5. “The Coast Guard Needs to Listen – Acoustically,” by LTJG Thomas Caero, USNI Proceedings, August 2020.6. “Bring Back Coast Guard Sub Hunters,” by David Van Dyk, USNI Proceedings, September 2020.7. “The U.S. Coast Guard Should Guard the U.S. Coasts,” by LCDR Brian Hayes, USNI Blog, September 21, 2020.Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control Podcast. Contact the Sea Control team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

Dec 20, 2020 • 46min
Sea Control 218 - Coastal Insecurity, Ansar al-Sunnah & Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss & Lexie Van Buskirk
Links:1. “Crippled Capacity: How Weak Maritime Enforcement Emboldened Ansar Al-Sunna,” by Kelly Moss, CIMSEC, October 2, 2020.2. “A Hop, Skip and A Jump: Ansar Al-Sunna’s Island-Hopping” by Kelly Moss, Stable Seas, October 13, 2020.3. “Soft Targets & Black Markets: Terrorist Activities in the Maritime Domain,” by Meghan Curran, Stable Seas, May 23, 2019.4. “Violence at Sea: How Terrorists, Insurgents and Other Extremists Exploit the Maritime Domain,” by Meghan Curran, Christopher Faulkner, Curtis Bell, Tyler Lycan, Michael Van Ginkel and Jay Benson, August 11, 2020.5. “Charting a New Course: Women, Peace and Security, and the Maritime Domain,” by Lexie Van Buskirk, Sahana Dharmapuri, Pamela Tansey, Our Secure Future, August 12, 2020.

Dec 13, 2020 • 1h 3min
Sea Control 217 - First Fleet with Darshana Baruah & Blake Herzinger
Link:Time to Launch a Combined Maritime Task Force for the Pacific, Eric Sayers, War on the Rocks, 1 June 2018.


