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Sea Control
Hosted by CIMSEC Podcasting Team · EN
Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.
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Sea Control 597: Iran Escalation Scenario
Mar 400:23:40Tap to summarizeRoss 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 private sector intelligence. Dr. Treston Wheat is currently the Chief Geopolitical Officer with Insight Forward specializing in geopolitical risk and red teaming. Dr. Wheat is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he teaches intelligence analysis. 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.” Links - Insight Forward Iran Escalation Scenario: What a humanitarian-framed intervention could mean for regional stability and corporate risk Pestle and Mortar newsletter Boardroom Statecraft
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Sea Control 596: The Last Navigator with Steve Thomas
Feb 500:53:25Tap to summarizeLinks: 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
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Sea Control 595: China's Command Revolution with Elsa Kania
Jan 2201:12:56Tap to summarizeLinks1. Elsa Kania's LinkedIn profile.
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Sea Control: 594: From Hulls to Pods with Emma Salisbury
Jan 1000:15:24Tap to summarizeLinks1."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 Buy Small Surface Combatants?" by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 1, 2025.3. "Atlantic Bastion: The Future of Anti-Submarine Warfare," by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, August 11, 2025.4. Emma Salisbury FPRI page.
Transcribe →Sea Control: 593 Information and Warfighting with General Robert Neller
Dec 1600:31:07Tap to summarizeLinks1. "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 War Lessons on 250th Birthday of the US Army and US Marine Corps," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Youtube, November 10, 2025.3. "Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group," by Brian Kerg, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2025.4. "Kill It or Fix It: Why Marine Corps Information Warfare Has Failed After a Decade of MIGs," by Dan Burns, Information Professionals Association, August 20, 2025.5. "Killing the MIG is the Last Thing We Should Do," by Colonel Ray Gerber, USMC (Ret.), Information Professionals Association, September 7, 2025.6. "Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups," by Ben Jensen and Ian Fletcher, War on the Rocks, October 13, 2025.
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Sea Control 592: The US Coast Guard in the Aleutian Islands with Steven Hulse
Dec 900:27:52Tap to summarizeLinks1. “Bases on the Aleutians Islands Would Project Power Across the Pacific,” by Steven Hulse, Proceedings, January 2025.
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Sea Control 591: Maritime Statecraft and Its Future with Steve Brock and Hunter Stires
Dec 201:27:36Tap to summarizeLinks1. "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 Competition," Department of the Navy, September 23, 2023.
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Sea Control 590: Drone Carriers and Salvo Equations with Colton Byers
Nov 2000:34:42Tap to summarizeLinks“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.
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Sea Control 589: Non-state Special Operations with Craig Whiteside
Nov 700:43:00Tap to summarizeLinks1. Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects, Ian Rice and Craig Whiteside, Routledge, 2025.2. The Isis Reader Substack.3. @CraigAWhiteside on X.4. @craigwhiteside@bsky.social on BlueSky.5. Craig Whiteside personal site and publications.
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Sea Control 588: Outsourcing Security at Sea with Pieter Zhao
Oct 2100:31:12Tap to summarize1. "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. Irregular Warfare Initiative.3. Pieter Zhao LinkedIn.4. Pieter Zhao BlueSky.5. Pieter Zhao Contact Page.
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