Sea Control

Sea Control

CIMSEC Podcasting Team

Episodes 464
Avg. Duration 33m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.7 (35)
Since Jan 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
46%
Hosting
feeds.simplecast.com

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About This Podcast

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

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Recent Episodes

Sea Control 606: The Growing Complexity of PLA Amphibious Exercises

Jun 11, 2026 39m

Links:  China Maritime Report #52: Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Growing Complexity of PLA Amphibious Exercises: Direct link to China Maritime Report #52 China Maritime Studies…

Sea Control 605: From Cold War Warriors to Blue Water Ambition

Jun 04, 2026 43m

Dr. Michał Piekarski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International and Security Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Wrocław. His research focuses on national…

Sea Control 604: Operationalizing Marine Military Police for Base Defense

May 19, 2026 19m

Bio: Lieutenant Colonel Bobby Fowler is the Provost Marshal at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and an operational planner with extensive experience in the Pacific Theater.

Sea Control 603: Seaforth World Naval Review

May 11, 2026 48m

Seaforth World Naval Review 2026 Edited by Conrad Waters

Sea Control 602: Maritime OSINT with Raae Baker

Apr 10, 2026 24m

Rae Baker is an expert in Maritime Intelligence, focused on hunting vessels and tracking elusive AIS signals in her role as Senior OSINT Analyst in Adversary Intelligence. Rae specializes in Human…

Sea Control 601: Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals

Apr 08, 2026 40m

Ian T. Brown is a retired Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter pilot, with multiple deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Pacific throughout his career. He has written dozens of…

Sea Control 600: Civil Defense in Taiwan

Mar 31, 2026 37m

Links:  https://thecultureshack.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/updated-resilience-roadmap- 2.0-.pdf https://blog.schee.info/2024/11/04/civil-defense-in-taiwan-its-not-just-one-or-two-groups/ https://…

Sea Control 599: The Tanker War

Mar 18, 2026 37m

Thomas M. Duffy is a retired American diplomat and naval officer writing as an independent researcher. His interests are naval history and maritime strategy. Tom’s assignments over his 38-year…

Sea Control 598: Continental Powers and Naval Development

Mar 12, 2026 38m

Links No paywall “Erasing the American Global Military Footprint Won’t Make a Better World,” in Newsweek “Five Recommendations for Left-of-Boom Security Assistance to Taiwan,”in War on the Rocks “The…

Sea Control 597: Iran Escalation Scenario

Mar 04, 2026 23m

Ross Hill is the founder and CEO of Insight Forward (IF), a Geopolitical Risk Intelligence advisory service specializing in corporate intelligence. He has over 15 years’ experience in public and…

Sea Control 596: The Last Navigator with Steve Thomas

Feb 05, 2026 53m

Links: Steve’s website “The Last Navigator: A Young Man, and Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea” The Last Navigator documentarySteve’s lecture at the US Naval Academy

Sea Control 595: China's Command Revolution with Elsa Kania

Jan 22, 2026 1h 12m

Links1. Elsa Kania's LinkedIn profile.

Sea Control: 594: From Hulls to Pods with Emma Salisbury

Jan 10, 2026 15m

Links1."The Trump-class Battleship: Spectacle Wins Out over Combat Power," by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, January 8, 2026.2. "Want of Frigates: Why Is It So Hard For America to…

Sea Control: 593 Information and Warfighting with General Robert Neller

Dec 16, 2025 31m

Links1. "For 250 years, it’s been ‘change or lose’ for our military. Here’s what needs changing now," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Defense One, June 22, 2025.2. "Change or Lose: Past and Future…

Sea Control 592: The US Coast Guard in the Aleutian Islands with Steven Hulse

Dec 09, 2025 27m

Links1. “Bases on the Aleutians Islands Would Project Power Across the Pacific,” by Steven Hulse, Proceedings, January 2025.

Sea Control 591: Maritime Statecraft and Its Future with Steve Brock and Hunter Stires

Dec 02, 2025 1h 27m

Links1. "Maritime Statecraft and its Future," by Steve Brock and Hunter Stires, CIMSEC, October 21, 2025.2. "SECNAV Del Toro Calls for a New, Bold Maritime Statecraft in Era of Intense Strategic…

Sea Control 590: Drone Carriers and Salvo Equations with Colton Byers

Nov 20, 2025 34m

Links“Carrier 2.0: The Drone Carrier Revolution,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, December 28, 2024. “Damn the Torpedoes: The Return of Naval Mining,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, January 31, 2025.

Sea Control 589: Non-state Special Operations with Craig Whiteside

Nov 07, 2025 43m

Links1. Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects, Ian Rice and Craig Whiteside, Routledge, 2025.2. The Isis Reader Substack.3. @CraigAWhiteside on X.4. @[email protected] on…

Sea Control 588: Outsourcing Security at Sea with Pieter Zhao

Oct 21, 2025 31m

1. "Outsourcing Security at Sea—The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twenty-First-Century Maritime Security," by Pieter Zhao, Naval War College Review, Winter 2024.2.…

Sea Control 587: 20 Years After the Military Response to Hurricane Katrina

Sep 27, 2025 30m

Links1. Elaine Helm Linkedin.

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