
Sea Control
Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.
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Mar 10, 2024 • 24min
Sea Control 501 - Multilateral Approaches to Maritime Security in Oceania with Zach Ota
Links:1. 21st Century as the Pacific Century – Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition, edited by Joanna Siekiera, University of Warsaw Press, 2023. 2. Sea Control 255 - Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, June 3, 2021. 3. Sea Control 304 -France in the Pacific, CIMSEC, December 23, 2021.4. Sea Control 333 - CRIMARIO: France, the EU and the Indo-Pacific, CIMSEC, April 3, 2022. 5. Island Soldier

Mar 7, 2024 • 31min
Sea Control 500 - The UK's Indo-Pacific Engagement with Dr. Peter Chalk
Links1. “The United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement,” by Peter Chalk, War on the Rocks, November 30, 2023.

Mar 2, 2024 • 19min
Sea Control 499 - The US Navy and Diplomacy in South America with Dr. Katrina Ponti
Links:1. Seapower by Other Means, edited by J. Overton, ISPK Seapower Series, 2023. 2. Sea Control 487 - Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Dr. Michael Verney, CIMSEC, December 28, 2023. 3. Dr. Katrina Ponti

Feb 29, 2024 • 31min
Sea Control 498 - The Academy with David Poyer
Links1. The Academy - A Dan Lenson Novel, by David Poyer, St. Martin's Press, December 2023. 2. Poyer.com.

Feb 24, 2024 • 35min
Sea Control 497 - Citizen Sailors with Joshua Taylor & Scott Humphrey
Links1. “Citizen Sailors: The Missing link in Maritime Force Structure,” by Joshua Taylor and Scott Humphrey, War on the Rocks, November 15, 2023. 2. “The U.S. Navy Needs Its Own Bonds to Be Ready for China,” by Joshua Taylor, Foreign Policy, November 5, 2021.

Feb 22, 2024 • 37min
Sea Control 496 - Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy with BJ Armstrong
Links1. Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and Marine Corps, Forward Deployment, Crisis Response, and the Tyranny of History, by Benjamin Armstrong, Routledge, 2024.2. Sea Control 239 - Things Done By Halves with Dr. BJ Armstrong, CIMSEC, April 11, 2021. 3. Sea Control 311 - Developing the Naval Mind with BJ Armstrong and John Freymann, CIMSEC, January 20, 2022. 4. Sea Control 209 - Learning War with Trent Hone and Sebastian Goldstein, CIMSEC, November 1, 2020. 5. Military Innovation in the Interwar Period, by William Murray and Allan Reed Millett (eds), Cambridge University Press, August 13, 1998.

Feb 17, 2024 • 30min
Sea Control 495 - Cocaine Codfish with Aaron Delano-Johnson
Links:1. “Cocaine Codfish: How the War on Drugs Can Inform the Fight Against Illegal Fishing,” by Aaron Delano-Johnson, War on the Rocks (October 16, 2023). 2. “A Plan to Push Back Against China’s Fishing Practices” by Aaron Delano-Johnson and Chris Bernotavicus, War on the Rocks (December 2, 2022). 3. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC (December 27, 2020). 4. Sea Control 256: Reporting From the Sea With Ian Urbina, CIMSEC (June 6, 2021). 5. The Outlaw Ocean Project6. “Memorandum on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Labor Abuses,” The White House (June 27, 2022). 7. “Future IUU Fishing Trends in a Warming World: A global Horizon Scan,” by Lauren Young, Cathy Haenlein and Grace Evans, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) March 1, 2023.8. Move the IUU Fight Up the Food Chain,” by Conor Sullivan, USNI Proceedings (November 2023).

Feb 15, 2024 • 45min
Sea Control 494 - Global Force for Good with Dr. John Sherwood
Links1. A Global Force for Good: Sea Services Humanitarian Operations in the Twenty-First Century, by John Sherwood, Naval History and Heritage Command, September 2023.

Feb 8, 2024 • 28min
Sea Control 493 - “Assertive Transparency” in the Gray Zone with Ray Powell
“Game Changer: The Philippines’ Assertive Transparency Campaign: How the Philippines Rewrote the Counter Gray Zone Playbook in 2023”, by Col. Raymond Powell US Air Force (Ret) and Benjamin Goirigolzarri Ph. D., Stratbase ADRi, January 12, 2024Sea Control 456 - China’s Maritime Gray Zone Tactics and SeaLight with Ray Powell and Gaute Friis, by Jared Samuelson, Sea Control Podcast, August, 24, 2023

Feb 1, 2024 • 19min
Sea Control 492 - Challenges in the Gulf of Guinea with Ebunoluwa Ojo-Ami
LinksNavigating security challenges in West Africa, by Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami, International Security Journal, August 9, 2023.
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