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Sea Control

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Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.

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Jun 27, 2026

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Sea Control 263 - Western Military Capability in Northern Europe with Eva Hagstrӧm Frisell and Krister Pallin 11.07.2021

Links: 1. Western Military Capability in Northern Europe, Part I Collective Defence , by Eva Hagstrӧm Frisell et al., FOI , March 10, 2021. 2. Western Military Capability in Northern Europe, Part II National Capabilities , by Eva Hagstrӧm Frisell et al., FOI , March 10, 2021 3. Bursting the Bubble? Beyond A2/AD in the Baltic Sea Region: Capabilities, Countermeasures & Implications , by Robert Dals...

Sea Control 262 - Africa's Combined Exclusive Maritime Zone with Dr. Vishal Surbun 04.07.2021

Links:  1.  Africa’s combined exclusive maritime zone concept 2. Border Governance in Africa: An African Union Strategy

Sea Control 261 - Service Support Squadron 10 with Ryan Hilger 27.06.2021

Links 1. " Service Squadron Ten and the Great Western Base ," by LCDR Ryan Hilger, CIMSEC, April 15, 2021.

Sea Control 260 - The Best Defense is a Good Offense with ENS Kara Dowling 20.06.2021

Links 1. " Cost-Effectiveness of Offense as a Ship Self-Defense Tactic ," by ENS Kara Dowling, USNI Proceedings , April 2021. 2.  "A Multiagent Stochastic Control Model for Adversarial Planning in Naval Operations: Cost Effectiveness of the Offense as a Ship Self-Defense Tactic," ENS Kara Dowling, Phalanx 53, no. 3 (2020): 34-39.

Sea Control 259 - Sea State with Madison Sargeant and Yash Khatavkar 17.06.2021

Links 1. Sea State Newsletter

Sea Control 258 - The Ship with Maj Gen Mick Ryan 13.06.2021

Links 1.  The Ship by C.S. Forester, reprint of the ed. published by Sun Dial Press in 1944. 2. Sea Control 247 - 2034 with Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman 3.  Ghost Fleet , by Peter W. Singer and August Cole, Eamon Dolan Books, 2016.  4.  Burn In , by P.W. Singer and August Cole, 2020.  5.  An Eye for a Storm: Imagining the Future of Professional Military Education and Its Effect on t...

Sea Control 257 - Embracing Cognitive Diversity with Rachel Foote & Charlotte Mundy 10.06.2021

Links 1. " Embrace Cognitive Diversity ," by LCDR Rachel Foote, USNI Proceedings , December 2020. 2. " Teams Solve Problems Faster When They're Cognitively Diverse ," by Alison Reynolds and David Lewis, Harvard Business Review , March 30, 2017.  3.  The War Room , U.S. Army War College podcast.

Sea Control 256 - Reporting from the Sea with Ian Urbina 06.06.2021

Links 1. “ Fish Farming is Feeding the Globe. What’s the Cost for Locals ?” by Ian Urbina, The New Yorker , March 1, 2021. 2.  The Outlaw Ocean Project website. 3. Sea Control 225: IUU Fishing and the Evolution of the Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude Berube, CIMSEC, January 31, 2021. 4. Sea Control 218: Coastal Insecurity, Ansar Al-Sunnah, and Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss and Lexie van B...

Sea Control 255 - Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota 03.06.2021

Links 1. “ Littoral Access Companies ,” by Zach Ota, Marine Corps Gazette , February 2021. 2. “ Tentative Manual for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations ,” by USMC, 2020. 3. “ Littoral Operations in a Contested Environment ,” USMC, 2017. 4. Solomon Islanders in World War II: An Indigenous Perspective , Anna Annie Kwai, Australian National University Press, 2017. 5. “ Sleeper Cell Logistics ,” b...

Sea Control 254 - Defining Readiness with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) 28.05.2021

Links " Redefine Readiness or Lose ," by Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. and Gen. David H. Berger, War on the Rocks, March 15, 2021.

Sea Control 253 - The Future of European Seapower with Dr. Jeremy Stöhs and Dr. Henrik Breitenbauch 27.05.2021

Links: 1. How High? The Future of European Naval Power and the High-End Challenge , by Dr. Jeremy Stöhs, February 12, 2021. 2. Centre for Military Studies - University of Copenhagen

Sea Control 252 - Bordering on Crisis with Brian Wilson and Nora Johnson 23.05.2021

Links 1. " Bordering on Crisis: Overcoming Multiagency Crisis Coordination Challenges ," by Brian Wilson and Nora Johnson, New York University Press , 2021. 2.  The Jump 3. " The Defection of Simas Kudirka ," by Tom Dunlop, Martha's Vineyard Magazine , December 1, 2005. 4. " China explosions: what we know about what happened in Tianjin ," BBC, August 17, 2015.  5.  MV Sun Sea 6. " Lemons Caught in...

Sea Control 251 - Undersea, Out of Mind with Dr. Christian Bueger and Dr. Tobias Liebetrau 20.05.2021

Links: 1. Protecting hidden infrastructure: The security politics of the global submarine data cable network , by Dr. Christian Bueger and Dr. Tobias Liebetrau, Contemporary Security Policy, 29 March, 2021. 2. www.safeseas.net

Sea Control 250 - Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Strategy 16.05.2021

Links 1. The War for Muddy Waters: Pirates, Terrorists, Traffickers and Maritime Insecurity , by Joshua Tallis, Naval Institute Press, 2019. 2. Sea Control 197: Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires , by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 30, 2020. 3. “ Focusing the Military Services’ Arctic Strategies ,” by Joshua Tallis, War on the Rocks, January 20, 2021. 4. Sea Co...

Sea Control 249 - Revelations from USS Thresher with CAPT (ret) Jim Bryant 13.05.2021

Links 1. "Navy Release Latest Round of USS Thresher Documents ," USNI News, February 4, 2021.

Sea Control 248 - Russia's Baltic Fleet with Jonas Kjellén and Anders Larsson 09.05.2021

Links 1. " The Russian Baltic Fleet, Organisation and role within the Armed Forces in 2020," by Jonas Kjellén, FOI, February 2021. 2.  Russian Electronic Warfare the role of Electronic Warfare within the Armed Forces , by Jonas Kjellén, FOI, September 2018.

Sea Control 247 - 2034 with Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman 06.05.2021

Links 1 . War in 2034: A Novel of the Next War , by James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman, Penguin Press, 2021. 2. Partnership for the Americas: Western Hemisphere Strategy and U.S. Southern Command, by James Stavridis, National Defense University Press, 2010. 3 . The Bedford Incident , by Mark Raskovich, Thunderchild Publishing (reprint, 2016). 4. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape the...

Sea Control 246 - Beyond Static Spatial Management with Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo and Andrea Galassi 02.05.2021

Links 1. " Beyond static spatial management: Scientific and legal considerations for dynamic management in the high seas ," by Guillermo Ortuño Crespo et al, Marine Policy , Vol. 122, December 2020. 2. " An ocean of surprises - Trends in human use, unexpected dynamics and governance and challenges in areas beyond national jurisdiction ," by Andrew Merrie et al, Global Environmental Change , Vol 27...

Sea Control 245 - Chinese Command & Control with Andrew Scobell 29.04.2021

Links 1. " Command and Control in U.S. Naval Competition with China ," by Kimberly Jackson, Andrew Scobell, Stephen Webber, and Logan Ma, RAND, 2020.

Sea Control 244 - Establishing an Arctic Security Institution with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan and Troy Bouffard 25.04.2021

Links 1. "Establishing an Arctic Security Institution," by Troy Bouffard and Elizabeth Buchanan, The Strategy Bridge March 3, 2020.  

Sea Control 243 - Charting a Course Through Stormy Waters with Tania Letici 22.04.2021

Links 1. " Charting a Course Through Stormy Waters: The EU as a Maritime Security Actor," by Tania Latici, Branislav Stanicek, and Eric Pichon; European Parliamentary Research Service, February 2021.

Sea Control 242 - Selling Seapower with Dr. Ryan Wadle and RDML Paula Dunn 18.04.2021

Links 1.  Selling Seapower: Public Relations and the U.S. Navy 1917-1941 , by Dr. Ryan Wadle, OU Press, 2019. 2. Testing American Sea Power: U.S. Navy Strategic Exercises, 1923-1940 , by Craig C. Felker, Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History, 2013.  3. To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923-1940 , by Albert Nofi, Naval War College Press, 2010.

Sea Control 241 - The Future of Navy and Marine Corps Learning with John Kroger 15.04.2021

John Kroger joins host Andrea Howard to discuss his time as the Navy's first Chief Learning Officer and what he sees as the future of Navy & Marine Corps education.

Sea Control 240 - Ever Given: The Ship That Launched 1,000 Memes with Dr. Sal Mercogliano 13.04.2021

Links 1.  Dr. Sal Mercogliano's Youtube Series on Ever Given 2. " Adrift: COVID-19 and the Safety of Seafarers ", by Joshua Tallis, Cornell Overfield, Kevin Inks & Cherie Rosenblum, Center for Naval Analyses, October 2020. 3. " CSCL Indian Ocean finally refloated after running aground in the Elbe ," by Mike Wackett, The Loadstar, September 2, 2016. 

Sea Control 239 - Things Done by Halves with Dr. BJ Armstrong 11.04.2021

Links 1.  21st Century Mahan: Sound Conclusions for the Modern Era , by BJ Armstrong, Naval Institute Press, 2013. 2.  21st Century Sims: Innovation, Education and Leadership for the Modern Era , by BJ Armstrong, Naval Institute Press, 2015. 3.  Small Boats and Daring Men: Maritime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy , by BJ Armstrong, Oklahoma University Press, 2019. 4. “ Thin...

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