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Professor Geoffrey Gresh, Associate Professor at the United States National Defense University, joins Matthew Merighi of Sea Control North America to talk about his new book Gulf Security and the U.S. Military: Regime Survival and the Politics of Basing (Stanford University Press). In this episode, Geoffrey and Matthew talk about the issues surrounding US basing in … Continue reading Sea Control 99 – The Politics of Basing →

CIMSEC introduces its new podcast, “Real Time Strategy,” a discussion on the lessons and non-lessons of the simulations we use to both learn and entertain in the realm of military strategy, tactics, and history. In today’s pilot episode, we introduce a crew of podcast greenhorns to discuss EVE Online, Civilization, Call of Duty, and general nerdity. DOWNLOAD: … Continue reading Real Time Strategy (RTS) – Pilot Episode →

Dr Tim Huxley, Executive Director of IISS-Asia and author of Defending the Lion City: the armed forces of Singapore, joins Natalie Sambhi, President of Australian Institute of International Affairs ACT and Analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, to discuss how Southeast Asia’s most technologically advanced yet modestly sized militaries, Singapore, is coping with some of … Continue reading Sea Control 98 – Singapore’s strategic outlook →

This is the second in Batch 2 of the Falklands War Series, and normally an introduction is required, but this podcast is special, the person taking part is like the most famous of celebrities – is often known by simple a single name. This podcast is with ‘Sharkey’, more properly known as Cdr Nigel Ward, … Continue reading Sea Control 97 – Falklands w/ Sharkey Ward →

Our cadre of hosts: Matthew Hipple, Natalie Sahmbi, Alex Clarke – and now Matthew Merighi, discuss everything – from China to personal life. This is an update or sorts, or an introduction, for those who haven’t been with us from the beginning, or those who want to know what comes next. DOWNLOAD: Host Update

Sea Control discusses the Baltic perception – specifically Swedish – of the Russian threat with Aaron Korewa and Katarina Tracz. This is the first of several future podcasts with our friends from Sweden. DOWNLOAD: Baltics and Russia

We discuss the Athena Project, a naval innovation competition started on the USS BENFOLD in 2013 by Dave Nobles – our guest today. This podcast is meant to help set the stage for our Athena East Oct 2nd innovation competition in Norfolk. DOWNLOAD: Athena Project Music by: Sam LaGrone

We discuss the Warrior Writers exhibit at the USNA Museum with Director Claude Berube. We also take some time out to discuss his new book, Syren’s Song – second in the Connor Stark Series.   DOWNLOAD: Warrior Writers CIMSEC content is and always will be free; consider a voluntary monthly donation to offset our operational … Continue reading Sea Control 93 – Warrior Writers with Claude Berube →

Weapon autonomy is a broad term around which swirls an incredible amount of debate. Paul Scharre, Michael Horowitz, and Adam Elkus join Sea Control to discuss the nature of autonomy, how to imagine its use in an operational environment, and how to think of the debate surrounding it. DOWNLOAD: Sea Control 92 -Autonomy Music: Sam LaGrone … Continue reading Sea Control 92 – Autonomy →

Commander Steve George was the Deputy Aircraft Engineering Officer 820sqn RNAS, Sea King squadron on HMS Invincible in the Falklands War. He provides a strong overview of the engineering challenges posed to aviation in the 1982 Falklands War. He has had a long career since, and included work on the F-35. DOWNLOAD: Falklands War Air Engineering CIMSEC … Continue reading Sea Control 91 – Falklands War 8 Air Engineering Challenges →

Should Australia develop its own Marine Corps? In this podcast, Natalie Sambhi interviews Peter Dean, Senior Fellow at ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, and Associate Dean Education at the ANU’s Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, on the development of Australia’s amphibious capability. Why is Australia developing an amphibious capability? Where would it … Continue reading Sea Control 90 – An Australian Marine Corps? →

We discuss the Office of Naval Research (ONR’s) James River test of an autonomous swarm of boat drones, or Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV’s). These USV’s were modified version of boats found on most US Navy ships. CAPT Carl Conti (USN, ret) is one of the developers and leaders on this project, and will discuss the history, … Continue reading Sea Control 89 – ONR Autonomous Swarm Boats →

How is India’s Modi government reacting to China’s growing interest in its strategic backyard? This week Natalie Sambhi interviews Darshana Baruah, junior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi and David Lang, analyst and editor of The Strategist at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Canberra for an Indian and Australian perspective on Indian … Continue reading Sea Control 88 – Modi and China →

PART 2 of 2 The podcast that inspired the Falklands Series – and a dream I didn’t think would actually become a reality. The idea was to get the Amphibious Task Group Commander, Captain Michael Clapp (he was a Commodore in 1982, when the rank in the RN wasn’t substantive, so retired a Captain); the … Continue reading Sea Control 87B – Falklands Series 7: Amphibious Panel →

PART 1 of 2. The podcast that inspired the Falklands Series – and a dream I didn’t think would actually become a reality. The idea was to get the Amphibious Task Group Commander, Captain Michael Clapp (he was a Commodore in 1982, when the rank in the RN wasn’t substantive, so retired a Captain); the … Continue reading Sea Control 87A – Falklands Series 7: Amphibious Panel →