Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, history and all things naval.
Links1. "Diplomacy for Better Stand-In Force Access in Japan," by Daniel Hough, Proceedings, September 2024.
Attention: This podcast is offered in both Italian and English skip to 26:21 for the English version.Links:1. Artics fevers, Limes, Feb 2019 https://www.limesonline.com/rivista/la-febbre-dell-artico-14632937/ 2. Artico: attacco al Mediterraneo? Da Taiwan a Gibilterra - Le Giornate del Mare 2024 a Roma, Limes, Nov 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRDmb2EsHA ItalianLa Battaglia per l'Artico: Il Grande Nord sfida il Mediterraneo – Nuova Guerra Fredda o Terra diNessuno?Federico Petroni si unisce al programma per discutere di geopolitica artica. Federico Petroni è un analista geopolitico di Limes, la rivista italiana di geopolitica, e coordinatore della Scuola di Limes. Questo episodio è stato montato e prodotto da Alexia Bouallagui. È il primo episodio di una serie pensata per approfondire la ricerca sulla sicurezza marittima italiana.Links:La febbre dell'Artico, Limes, febbraio 2019https://www.limesonline.com/rivista/la-febbre-dell-artico-14632937/Artico: attacco al Mediterraneo? Da Taiwan a Gibilterra - Le Giornate del Mare 2024 a Roma, Limes, Nov 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRDmb2EsHA
Links1. Arms for Russia and the Naval War in the Arctic, 1941-1945, by Andrew Boyd, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2024.2. Andrew Boyd Twitter.
Links1. Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order, by Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison, Cambria, 2024.2. Taiwan's 400 Year History: Anniversary Edition, by Su Beng, 施朝暉, 2017.3. Catherine Lila Cho Twitter account.4. Mark Harrison Twitter account.
Links1. "Equip the Mobile Reconnaissance Battalion Now More than a new platform," by Maj Brent Jurmu, Capt Brandon Klewicki, and Maj Matthew Tweedy, Marine Corps Gazette, May 2024.
Links: The U.S. Navy and Innovation: Twentieth-Century Case StudiesBios: Peter C. Luebke is a historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command. There he has worked on several projects including Naval Documents of the American Revolution, The Autobiography of John A. Dahlgren, Richmond Kelly Turner: Planning the Pacific War, Contested Logistics: Sustaining the Pacific War, and The U.S. Navy and Innovation: Twentieth-Century Case Studies.J. Overton is co-host of the Sea Control podcast and edited the essay collection “Seapower by Other Means: Naval Contributions to National Objectives Beyond Sea Control, Power Projection, and Traditional Service Missions.”
Time for an Australian Coast GuardTwitter: JAParker29Jennifer-parker.com.au
Links1. “Beyond Tactics: How the Hawkeye Proved the Power of Adaptability in the Red Sea,” by Nathan Sawyer, USNI Proceedings, October 2024. 2. Nathan Sawyer Linkedin profile.
Links: “No One Should Think the War Will be Short” by Justin Cobb, USNI Proceedings (September 2024). “Kill ‘em all? Denial Strategies, Defense Planning and Deterrence Failure,” by Evan Montgomery, War on the Rocks (September 2020). Bio: Commander Justin Cobb is the maritime fires officer with Carrier Strike Group 11. A rotary-wing aviator, he previously served as the commanding officer of the Helicopter Training Squadron 18 Vigilant Eagles at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida. A graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College, he conducted his joint tour at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, where he was the lead action officer on the NATO joint command-and-control concept. Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinmcobb1310/
Links1. “Land Force Integration: The Army's Contribution to Deterring China,” by James B. Bartholomees III, CIMSEC November 20, 2024.
Links1. Scot McFarlane, "The Canoe," American Historical Association.
The CNO's NAVPLAN:https://www.navy.mil/Portals/1/CNO/NAVPLAN2024/Files/CNO-NAVPLAN-2024.pdfCNO's NAVPLAN 1-Pager:https://www.navy.mil/Portals/1/CNO/NAVPLAN2024/Files/One_Pager.pdf?ver=imgdKrrisn8RL4IVs4N4Bg%3d%3dProject 33 1-Pagerhttps://www.navy.mil/Portals/1/CNO/NAVPLAN2024/Files/PROJECT_33.png?ver=oKT9Fa0HjUdp4Qgzy5kXFQ%3d%3d
Link: Rendered Obsolete - Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling, by Jamie L. Jones, University of North Carolina Press, 2023. Bios: Jamie L. Jones is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research explores the historic pivot in energy use in the nineteenth century, when whale oil and other organic energy sources gave way to fossil fuelsTwitter: @JamieLJones8
Links1. “Why We Fight” podcast series Spotify catalogue. 2. “Mother of Tanks” official site.3. “Mother of Tanks” Twitter account.
Links: Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower by Colin Flint, (Stanford University Press, 2024). Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century by Geoffrey Till, 4th Edition, (Routledge, 2018). Bio: https://chass.usu.edu/political-science/directory/flint-colinEmail:colin.flint@usu.edu
Links: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-panter/Link to Dissertation: https://doi.org/10.7916/t3w9-1546Bio: Jonathan G. Panter is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and doctoral candidate at Columbia University.
Links: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-proliferation-of-drones-in-naval-warfarePrevious Sea Control Appearances: https://cimsec.org/sea-control-422-artificial-intelligence-in-naval-operations-with-tuneer-mukherjee/Bio: https://www.orfonline.org/people-expert/tuneer-mukherjee; https://www.stimson.org/ppl/tuneer-mukherjee/Twitter:@mutuneer
Links1. “Operational Tripolitan,” by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, December 13, 2019. 2. Volunteer for CIMSEC.3. Write for CIMSEC. Mentioned Podcasts (in order): 4. Sea Control 380: Underwriters of the United States with Dr. Hannah Farber.5. Sea Control 460: Hulks of the Hamoaze with Emma Haddon.6. Sea Control 269: General David Berger, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.7. Sea Control 219: Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.8. Sea Control 169: Larry Bond and Sebastian Bruns on Harpoon, Red Storm Rising and Tom Clancy.9. Sea Control 440: The Wager with David Grann.10. Sea Control 20: Byan McGrath on Maritime Strategy.11. Sea Control 260: The Best Defense is a Good Offense with ENS Kara Dowling.12. Sea Control 203: A Near Miss with LTJG (ret.) Ken Sanger.13. Sea Control 256: Reporting From the Sea with Ian Urbina.
LinksSea Control 169 – Larry Bond and Sebastian Bruns on Harpoon, Red Storm Rising, and Tom Clancy
Links1. "Infantry Battalions as Sensor Webs for the Fleet," by Major Zachary Stewart, Proceedings, September 2024.2. The Connecting File website.
Links1. Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe: Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries), by Nuno Vila-Santa, Amsterdam University Press, 2024.
Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel, by Sara Caputo, Profile Books, September 2024. Sea Control 353 – The Medical Culture of the British Seaman with Dr. Sara CaputoSea Control 527 – The Wide Wide Sea with Hampton SidesBio: Sara is Director of Studies in History, History and Politics, and History and Modern Languages, Magdalene College. Twitter: @SarCaputo
Why Diego Garcia Matters, By Nitya Labh, Foreign Policy, May 30, 2024.
Links:Chamber Divers – The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever, by Rachel Lance, Dutton, 2024.Rachel Lance Bio: Rachel is an author and Assistant Consulting Professor at Duke University, where she conducts research out of their Hyperbaric Medicine facility.Twitter: @UnderwaterLanceThis episode was edited by Andrew Frame.
Links: C. Travis Reese, et al. “Trends in Maritime Challenges Indicate Force Design 2030 is the Proper Path,” War on the Rocks (January 29, 2024). “Force Design 2030,” Headquarters US Marine Corps, (March 2020). “Force Design 2030: Annual Update,” Headquarters US Marine Corps, (June 2023). Bios: C. Travis Reese retired from the Marine Corps after nearly 21 years of service. While on active duty he served in a variety of billets including tours in capabilities development, future scenario design, and institutional strategy. Mr. Reese is now the director of wargaming and net assessment for Troika Solutions in Reston, VA.Ian T. Brown recently retired from the Marine Corps after 20 years of service. He frequently writes (and wargames) on modern and future war concepts. Ian currently works as a wargame analyst in the private sector.Zach Ota is an infantry officer and an international affairs officer in the Marine Corps. LtCol Ota is also a non-resident fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare who advances issues involving maritime security, alliances and partnerships, and military history in the Pacific. LtCol Ota currently serves as a future operations planner at U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific.Travis Hord is an infantry officer. LtCol Hord contributed to future concept and capability development while assigned as a planner at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory.Leo Spaeder is the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 12 in Okinawa, Japan and a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University's Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Future Warfare. In previous assignments, LtCol Spaeder participated in scenario design and capability development related to Force Design 2030. Brian Strom is an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps. Major Strom currently serves as the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Target Intelligence Officer and as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet staff.Twitter:@CTReese2@MAGTravF@zach_ota@ian_tb03@WDMills1992@PHLexpat
The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990; Retreat and Revival By Edward Hampshire, Naval Institute Press, 2024
Link: Mare Nostrum Revisited: Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean, by Dr. Jeremy Stöhs and Dr. Sebastian Bruns, War on the Rocks, June 13, 2024. Bio: Jeremy Stöhs is an Austrian-American security and defense analyst. He co-heads the Austrian Center for Intelligence, Propaganda & Security Studies at the University of Graz and is a senior fellow at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University. Sebastian is a naval strategist and seapower expert based in Kiel, Germany, where he is senior researcher at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University. Twitter: @naval_gazing @JeremyStohs
What The Wild Sea Can Be – The Future of the World's Ocean, by Helen Scales, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. Sea Control 246 – Beyond Static Spatial Management with Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo and Andrea GalassiTwitter: @helenscales
Link: The War for England's Shores: S-Boats and the Fight Against British Coastal Convoys, by G.H. Bennett, US Naval Institute Press, 2023. Twitter: @h1bennett
1. Improvised Partnerships: U.S. Joint Operations in the Mexican-American War, by Nathan A. Jennings, Joint Force Quarterly 105, April 14, 2022. 2. D-Day Veracruz, 1847 – A Grand Design, by Paul C. Clark, Jr. and Edward H. Moseley, National Defense University, 1996. 3. Sea Control 510 – The Fortress Fleet with Lt Col Nathan Jennings, PhDBio: Nathan is an associate professor and Army strategist at the US Army Command and General Staff College.Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.This episode was edited and produced by Marie Williams.
Links: Piracy and the Making of the Spanish Pacific World, by Dr. Kristie Flannery, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2024.Bio: Kristie Flannery is a research fellow in the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences at Australian Catholic University. Twitter: @thehistoriann
Links1. Preventing Incidents at Sea: The History of the INCSEA Concept, by David F. Winkler, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 2008.
Links1. Ready to Dive – Five Decades of Adventure in the Abyss, by Curt Newport, Purdue University Press, 2024.
Links1. The Globe and Anchor Men: U.S. Marines and American Manhood in the Great War Era, by Mark Ryland Folse, University of Kansas Press, 2024. 2. Sea Control 287 - Small Wars and More with Dr. Mark Folse, CIMSEC, October 24, 2021. 3. Contested Valor: African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest and Tokenism, by Cameron D. McCoy, University Press of Kansas, October 2023.
Links1. Normandy - The Sailors' Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France, by Nick Hewitt, Yale University Press, 2024.
Links1. The Australasian Journal of Maritime Archaeology.
Links1. “Dragons in the West: Chinese Communist Party Threats in Europe and the Imperative of a Strategic Pivot,” by Joanna Siekiera, Irregular Warfare Initiative, February 27, 2024. 2. 21st Century as the Pacific Century: Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition, edited by Joanna Siekiera, Wydawnictwa Uiwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2023.3. Sea Control 501: Multilateral Approaches to Maritime Security in Oceania with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, March 10, 2024. 4. Sea Control 255: Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, June 3, 2021. 5. #Brutecast S7 E01: European Security and China with Dr. Joanna Siekiera, The Krulak Center, July 16, 2023.
Links1. "Influences behind the development of South Korea's shipbuilding industry from the 1960s to the 2000s," by Dongkeun Lee, Marine Policy, September 2024.
Links1. Tom Clancy Act of Defiance, by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson, G.P. Putnam's Sons, May 21, 2024.
Links1. "NATO's Navies at 75: Operational Imperatives to Watch," by Joshua Tallis, Proceedings, April 2024.2. Sea Control 197 – Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires, CIMSEC, August 30, 2020.3. Sea Control 250 – Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Strategy, CIMSEC, May 16, 2021.4. Sea Control 408 – NATO's Maritime Future with Dr. Joshua Tallis, CIMSEC, January 29, 2023.
Links1. "Exploiting the Water: Naval Involvement in UN Peacekeeping," by Ian Bowers, in UN Peacekeeping Doctrine in a New Era, Taylor & Francis, 2017. 2. Sea Control 231 – Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger, CIMSEC, March 11, 2021.3. "A First Time for Everything: The United Nations Maritime Task Force in Lebanon," by David Van Dyk, CIMSEC, March 25, 2019.
LinksCoalition Navies During the Korean War: Understanding Combined Operations, edited by Ian Bowers, Routledge, 2024.Sea Control 231 – Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger, CIMSEC, March 11, 2021.
Links1. Girt By Sea: Re-Imagining Australia's Security, by Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, La Trobe University Press, 2024.2. Sea Control 430 - Australian Constabulary Missions with Sean Andrews, CIMSEC, May 11, 2023.3. Sea Control 508 - Australian Capabilities in the Littoral with Jennifer Parker and Peter Jones, CIMSEC, April 6, 2024.4. Statecraftiness: Mapping Competition, Cooperation, and Coercion in the Pacific Islands.
Links:The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean, by Tessa Murphy, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.Sea Control 227 – Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean with Dr. Sharika Crawford, CIMSEC, February 15, 2021.Sea Control 505 - Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton, CIMSEC, March 28, 2024.Captives of Conquest - Slavery in the Early Modern Spanish Caribbean, by Erin Woodruff Stone, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.Soldiers, Sugar and Seapower - The British Expeditions to the West Indies and the War Against Revolutionary France, by Michael Duffy, Oxford University Press, 1987.
Links1. "From Atalanta to Aspides : Old and New Challenges for EU Maritime Operations," P. Barlucchi, Istituto Affari Internazionali, March 2024.
Links1. China's Blue Economy: Evolution and Geostrategic Implications, by Kathleen A. Walsh, CRC Press, 2024.
Links:The Wide Wide Sea - Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, April 9, 2024.In the Kingdom of Ice - The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, May 26, 2015.Hampton Sides
Links 1. CIMSEC author page of Wilder Alejandro Sanchez.2. Second Floor Strategies.3. “Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, January 24, 2023.4. “TIAR 21: Maritime Security, the TIAR, and IUU Fishing in the Western Hemisphere,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, October 16, 2020. 5. Twitter: @W_Alex_Sanchez.
Links 1. CIMSEC author page of Wilder Alejandro Sanchez.2. Second Floor Strategies.3. “Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, January 24, 2023.4. “TIAR 21: Maritime Security, the TIAR, and IUU Fishing in the Western Hemisphere,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, October 16, 2020. 5. Twitter: @W_Alex_Sanchez.
Links1. The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare, by Abraham Rabinovich, Primary Publishing, April 24, 2013. 2. Abraham Rabinovich's website.