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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 582: Guns, Ships and Money. 13.07.2025

Ships, Guns and Money: The Logistics of Revolution and Garibaldi’s Campaign of 1860  Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero (Yale University Press, 2007), by Lucy Riall.  Enrico Acciai with a more long-term history of Garibaldi's legacy in the terms of war volunteering Maurizio Isabella providing a good summary of histories of Italy in the nineteenth-century David Sims with using a "follow the money" appr...

Sea Control 581: The MLR's Missing Link 05.07.2025

The Marine Littoral Regiment's Missing Link

Sea Control 580: Building Resilient Kill Chains 27.06.2025

Building Resilient Kill Chains for the Stand in Force

Sea Control 579: Partnering for Conflict in the Western Pacific 17.06.2025

Links 1. "Partnering Will Determine the First Days of Conflict in the Western Pacific," by Ben Van Horrick, Proceedings, December 2024. 2. "Resolute Dragon: Reassurance, Deterrence, and a Call for Coordination," by Bill Matory and Ben Van Horrick, War on the Rocks, December 6, 2023.

Sea Control 578: Chinese Amphibious Warfare with Andrew Erickson 12.06.2025

Links 1. Chinese Amphibious Warfare , edited by Andrew Erickson, et al., Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, 2024. 2. China Maritime Studies Institute homepage .  3. Dr. Andrew Erickson's homepage . 4. "Invasion Plans: Operation Causeway and Taiwan’s Defense in World War II ," by Ian Easton, China Maritime Studies Institute, Naval War College, 2024.  4. China's New Navy: The Evolu...

Sea Control 577: Reconceptualizing War with Ben Zweibelson 10.06.2025

Links 1. Reconceptualizing War , by Ben Zweibelson, Helion & Company, 2025. 2. Understanding the Military Design Movement , by Ben Zweibelson, Routledge, 2024. 3. Beyond the Pale: Designing Military Decision-Making Anew , by Ben Zweibelson, Air University Press, 2023. 4. War Becoming Phantasmal: A Cognitive Shift in Organized Violence beyond Traditional Limits , by Ben Zweibelson, Marine Corps Uni...

Sea Control 576: Rescuing Heritage from Humiliation with Tommy Jamison 07.06.2025

Links 1. Sea Control 379: Pacific Wars 1864-1897 with Dr. Tommy Jamison 2. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power and Primacy , by SCM Paine, Cambridge University Press, 2002.  3. The Pacific’s New Navies: An Ocean, It’s Wars and the Making of US Sea Power , by Tommy Jamison, Cambridge University Press, 2024.  4. Tommy Jamison Linkedin.

Sea Control 575: Baltic Conundrums with Sebastian Bruns 04.06.2025

1. " Conundrums, right ahead: Five strategic concerns for Baltic Sea decision-makers," by Sebastian Bruns, Royal Swedish Naval Society, 2024. (Website is in Swedish, Click the Ladda ned button to download the issue, the article is on page 61 of the PDF in English.) 2. "From 'Flooded Meadow' to Maritime Hotspot: Keeping the Baltic Sea Free, Open, and Interconnected," by Sebastian Bruns, Carnegie En...

Sea Control 574: Diplomacy for Better Stand-in Force Access in Japan with Daniel Hough 27.05.2025

Links 1. "Diplomacy for Better Stand-In Force Access in Japan," by Daniel Hough, Proceedings, September 2024.

Sea Control 573: The Great North Challenges the Mediterranean with Federico Petroni 15.05.2025

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 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRDmb2EsHA  Italian La Battaglia per l’Ar...

Sea Control 572: Arms for Russia with Andrew Boyd 07.05.2025

Links 1. 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 .

Sea Control 571: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison 23.04.2025

Links 1. 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 .

Sea Control 570: Brent Jurmu on Equipping the Marine Reconnaissance Battalion Now 10.04.2025

Links 1. " 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.

Sea Control 569: The U.S. Navy and Innovation 27.03.2025

Links  1. The U.S. Navy and Innovation: Twentieth-Century Case Studies , edited by Peter C. Luebke, U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command, September 2024. 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.”

Sea Control 568 - An Australian Coast Guard 25.03.2025

Links 1. " Time for an Australian Coast Guard," by Jennifer Parker, Australian Naval Institute, November 2024. 2. Twitter: JAParker29 3. Jennifer Parker personal website .

Sea Control 567: E-2 Hawkeyes Over the Red Sea with LCDR Nathan Sawyer 19.03.2025

Links 1. “ 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 . 

Sea Control 566: No One Should Think the War Will be Short with CDR Justin Cobb 08.03.2025

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...

Sea Control 565 – General Bartholomees on the Army’s Contribution to Deterring China 25.02.2025

Links 1. “ Land Force Integration: The Army’s Contribution to Deterring China ,” by James B. Bartholomees III, CIMSEC November 20, 2024.

Sea Control 564 - Canoes, Rivers, and more! With Scot McFarlane 15.02.2025

Links 1. Scot McFarlane, " The Canoe ," American Historical Association.

Sea Control 563 - Red Sea Combat with CDR Brian C. Sánchez 13.02.2025

Links 1. CNO's NAVPLAN . 2. CNO NAVPLAN 1-page primer . 3. Project 33 1-page primer .

Sea Control 562 - Rendered Obsolete with Dr. Jamie Jones 05.02.2025

Links 1. Rendered Obsolete - Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling , by Jamie L. Jones, University of North Carolina Press, 2023.  2. Jamie L. Jones Twitter handle .

Sea Control 561 - Why We Fight with Sasha Maggio 25.01.2025

Links 1. “ Why We Fight ” podcast series Spotify catalogue.  2. “ Mother of Tanks ” official site. 3. “ Mother of Tanks ” Twitter account.

Sea Control 560 Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower with Dr. Colin Flint 16.01.2025

Links 1. Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower by Colin Flint, Stanford University Press, 2024.  2. Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century by Geoffrey Till, 4th Edition, Routledge, 2018. 3. Dr. Colin Flint Utah State University page .

Sea Control 559 - The Illogic of Naval Forward Presence with Jonathan Panter 03.01.2025

Links 1. " The Illogic of Naval Forward Presence ," by Jonathan Panter, Columbia Academic Commons, 2024. 2. Jonathan Panter Linkedin page .

Sea Control 558 - The Proliferation of Drones in Naval Warfare with Tuneer Mukherjee 19.12.2024

Links 1. " The Proliferation of Drones in Naval Warfare ," by Tuneer Mukherjee, ORF, July 16, 2024. 2. " Sea Control 422: Artificial Intelligence in Naval Operations with Tuneer Mukherjee ," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, March 26, 2023. 3. Tuneer Mukherjee biography, Observer Research Foundation . 4. Tuneer Mukherjee biography, Stimson Center.

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