CIMSEC Podcasting Team

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 507 - Islamic Maritime Law with Emilia Justyna Powell & Michael Atkins 04.04.2024

Links: 1. Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes , by Emilia Justyna Powell, Oxford University Press, 2022 2. The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial & Maritime Disputes , by Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E. Wiegand, Oxford University Press, 2023 3. "Ghosts of Kosovo: A Test for International Criminal Law in the Balkans" , by Michael Atkins, The Willamette Journal of...

Sea Control 506 - What Wargames Reveal with Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider 30.03.2024

Links 1. " What Wargames Really Reveal: Outcomes Matter Less Than Who Pays and Who Plays ," by Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, December 26, 2023.   2.  Stanford University Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative .

Sea Control 505 - Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton 28.03.2024

Links:  1. Pirates of the Slave Trade – The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution , by Angela C. Sutton, Prometheus Books , 2023.  2. Angela Sutton's Website

Sea Control 504 - Chinese Maritime Interests in the Indian Ocean with Commodore Venugopal Vengalil 22.03.2024

Links 1. “ 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.

Sea Control 502 - Wartime Command and Control with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) 14.03.2024

Links 1. " 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 shou...

Sea Control 503 - The British Special Service Squadron with Heather Johnson 14.03.2024

Links 1.  British Special Service Squadron. 2.  National Museum of the Royal Navy.

Sea Control 501 - Multilateral Approaches to Maritime Security in Oceania with Zach Ota 10.03.2024

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-Paci...

Sea Control 500 - The UK's Indo-Pacific Engagement with Dr. Peter Chalk 07.03.2024

Links 1. “ The United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement ,” by Peter Chalk, War on the Rocks , November 30, 2023. 

Sea Control 499 - The US Navy and Diplomacy in South America with Dr. Katrina Ponti 02.03.2024

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

Sea Control 498 - The Academy with David Poyer 29.02.2024

Links 1.  The Academy - A Dan Lenson Novel , by David Poyer, St. Martin's Press, December 2023.  2.  Poyer.com.

Sea Control 497 - Citizen Sailors with Joshua Taylor & Scott Humphrey 24.02.2024

Links 1. “ 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. 

Sea Control 496 - Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy with BJ Armstrong 22.02.2024

Links 1.   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 20...

Sea Control 495 - Cocaine Codfish with Aaron Delano-Johnson 17.02.2024

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. S...

Sea Control 494 - Global Force for Good with Dr. John Sherwood 15.02.2024

Links 1. A Global Force for Good: Sea Services Humanitarian Operations in the Twenty-First Century , by John Sherwood, Naval History and Heritage Command, September 2023.

Sea Control 493 - “Assertive Transparency” in the Gray Zone with Ray Powell 08.02.2024

“ 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, 2024 Sea Control 456 - China’s Maritime Gray Zone Tactics and SeaLight with Ray Powell and Gaute Friis , by Jared Samuelson, Sea Control Podcast, August, 24, 2...

Sea Control 492 - Challenges in the Gulf of Guinea with Ebunoluwa Ojo-Ami 01.02.2024

Links Navigating security challenges in West Africa , by Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami, International Security Journal, August 9, 2023. 

Sea Control 491 - Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels With Michael Knickerbocker 25.01.2024

Links 1. “ Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels ,” by Michael Knickerbocker, War on the Rocks ,  January 3, 2024 2. “ Trashing Energy Needs: A Cast for Expanded Plasma Gasification Use by the US Military ,” by Michael Knickerbocker, The Defense Post ,  October 23, 2023. 3. “ Episode 101: UUVs: Underwater Drones and Seabed Warfare ,” by The Red Line Podcast ,...

Sea Control 490 - Islamic Maritime Law with Dr. Hassan Khalilieh 18.01.2024

Link:  Islamic Law of the Sea – Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought , Cambridge University Press , April 2019. 

Sea Control 489 - The Strategic Importance of NATO's North Flank with Julian Pawlak 11.01.2024

Link: Collective Defence and Bastion: The Strategic Importance of NATO’s Northern Flank , by Julian Pawlak, German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, March 2022.

Sea Control 488 - Disaster at Honda Point with Robert Kolker 04.01.2024

Links 1. " Dead Reckoning ," by Robert Kolker, The Atavist Magazine, No. 142, August 2023.  2.  Robert Kolker's official website.

Sea Control 487 - Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Michael Verney 28.12.2023

A Great and Rising Nation – Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic , by Michael A. Verney, The University of Chicago Press, 2022.

Sea Control 486 - Force Writers Room with Captain Ric Arthur and Dava Casoni 21.12.2023

Link: Force Writers Room

Sea Control 485 - Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic with Dave Watson 14.12.2023

Links: The Frontier Sea: The Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic , by Dave Watson, Balkan Military History , 2023. Balkan Military History 

Sea Control 484 - LST-325: From Normandy to Indiana with Ken Rupp 07.12.2023

Links 1. USS LST-325 Ship Memorial Website. 2. Bringing Back a Hero , by Robert D. Jornlin, Jornlin Farm, 2014.

Sea Control 483 - The Transformation of Maritime Professions with Dr. Karel Davids 30.11.2023

Links 1. The Transformation of Maritime Professions: Old and New Jobs in European Shipping Industries, 1850-2000 , edited by Karel Davids and Joost Schokkenbroek, Palgrave MacMillan, 2023.

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