

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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Mar 22, 2024 • 27min
Sea Control 504 - Chinese Maritime Interests in the Indian Ocean with Commodore Venugopal Vengalil
Links1. “Assessment of Chinese Maritime Interests in Indian Ocean Region,” by Commodore Venugopal Vengalil, Chennai Centre for China Studies, December 7, 2023.2. Commodore Venugopal Vengali’s X Feed.

Mar 14, 2024 • 35min
Sea Control 502 - Wartime Command and Control with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.)
Links1. "Wartime Command and Control," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), Proceedings, January 2024.2. Sea Control 254 - Defining Readiness with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), CIMSEC, May 28, 2021.3. "Admiral Scott Swift on Leadership, Risk, and a Life in the U.S. Navy," by Christopher Nelson, CIMSEC, August 14, 2017.4.The American Sea Power Project.5. "To deter China, the US and Taiwan should seek asymmetric symmetry," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) Heino Klinck, Defense News, January 25, 2024.

Mar 14, 2024 • 15min
Sea Control 503 - The British Special Service Squadron with Heather Johnson
Links1. British Special Service Squadron.2. National Museum of the Royal Navy.

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).