Center for International Maritime Security

By Jared Samuelson and Walker Mills Sea Control Executive Producer and co-host Jared Samuelson talks to co-host Walker Mills about his nearly five-year tenure running Sea Control and what he has learned after recording over 400 episodes of Sea Control. Download Sea Control 557 – CIMSEC’s Own Jared Samuelson Links 1. “Operational Tripolitan,” by Jared … Continue readin

By Jared Samuelson Larry Bond, the creator of the naval wargame Harpoon and coauthor of Red Storm Rising, joins the program. Larry discusses how he got into wargaming and his experience running wargames in the U.S. Navy. Download Sea Control 556 – Wargaming with Larry Bond Links 1. Sea Control 169 – Larry Bond and … Continue reading Sea Control 556 – Wargaming w

By Brian Kerg Brian Kerg, one of Sea Control’s new co-hosts, makes his debut. Here he interviews Major Zachary Schwartz of the U.S. Marine Corps about his new article, “Infantry Battalions as Sensor Webs for the Fleet.” Download Sea Control 555 – Infantry Battalions as Sensor Webs for the Fleet with Zachary Stewart Links 1. … Continue reading Sea Contr

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Nuno Vila-Santa joins Jared to discuss his book, Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe: Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries). Nuno is a researcher at CIUHCT (Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon) and correspondent researcher at CHAM (FCSH-UNL/UAÇ – Lisbon, Portugal) and

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Sara Caputo joins the program to discuss her new book, Tracks on the Ocean: A History of Trailblazing, Maps and Maritime Travel. Sara is Director of Studies in History, History and Politics, and History and Modern Languages, Magdalene College. Download Sea Control 553 – Tracks on the Ocean with Dr. Sara … Continue reading Sea Control 553 – Tracks on

By Jonathan Selling The recent announcement that the United Kingdom will be returning Diego Garcia and the rest of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius brought to an end this long-running dispute. Nitya Labh joins the program to discuss the dispute over the Chagos Islands and the benefit to the UK and US for its return … Continue reading Sea Control 552 – Diego Garcia with Nitya

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Rachel Lance joins the program to talk about her new book, Chamber Divers – The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever. Rachel is an author and Assistant Consulting Professor at Duke University, where she conducts research out of their Hyperbaric Medicine facility. Download Sea Control 551 … Continue reading Sea Co

By Walker Mills CIMSEC Co-Host Walker Mills discusses Force Design 2030 with Travis Reese, Ian Brown, Zach Ota, Travis Hord, Leo Spaeder, and Brian Strom, who are all active or retired Marines in this wide-ranging conversation. They published an article “Trends in Maritime Challenges Indicate that Force Design 2030 is the Proper Path,” for War … Continue reading Sea Contr

By Jonathan Selling Author Edward Hampshire joins Jonathan to discuss his new book, The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990. Edward Hampshire is an historian at the Naval Historical Branch, Ministry of Defence, Portsmouth. He has been Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs, the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, and was Seconded from … Continue reading S

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Jeremy Stöhs and Dr. Sebastian Bruns join the program to discuss their recent article in War on the Rocks in renewed competition in the Mediterranean. Jeremy Stöhs is an Austrian-American security and defense analyst. He co-heads the Austrian Center for Intelligence, Propaganda & Security Studies at the University of Graz and … Continue reading Se