By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Gijs Dreijer joins the program to discuss maritime risk management and his new book: The Power and Pains of Polysemy: Maritime Trade, Averages and Institutional Development in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries).

Gijs Dreijer (1992) completed his MA at Leiden University in 2017 and subsequently started a joint PhD degree at the University of Exeter (History) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Law). In 2021 he returned to Leiden University to work as a postdoc in the VICI project of Catia Antunes.

Download Sea Control 454 – Maritime Trade, Averages, and Institutional Development in the Low Countries with Dr. Gijs Dreijer

Links

1.The Power and Pains of Polysemy: Maritime Trade, Averages, and Institutional Development in the Low Countries (15th-16th Centuries), by Dr. Gijs Dreier, Brill, 2023.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

William McQuiston edited and produced this episode.

By Jared Samuelson

Longtime friend and supporter of the podcast, Dr. Claude Berube, returns to discuss his latest work of fiction, The Philippine Pact, the latest entry in the Connor Stark novel series.

Claude has taught at the United States Naval Academy, worked at the Office of Naval Intelligence and the U.S. Senate, and as an officer in the Navy Reserve deployed overseas. He has been a fellow with both the Brookings Institution and Heritage Foundation.

Download Sea Control 451 – The Philippine Pact with Dr. Claude Berube

Links

1. The Philippine Pact, by Claude Berube, Milford House, 2023.
2. “The Maritime Story Missing in ‘Civilian Warriors,'” by Claude Berube, CIMSEC, December 17, 2013. 

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Jim Jarvie.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Heather Haley joins the program to discuss invented traditions and the imagined community of the battleship USS Alabama. Heather is a historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command.

Download Sea Control 447 – Neptune’s Commandments with Dr. Heather Haley

Links

1. “Neptune’s Commandments: Invented Traditions and the Formation of USS Alabama (BB-60) as an Imagined Community,” by Heather M. Hanley, International Journal of Naval History, December 30, 2020.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org. 

This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.

By Jared Samuelson

Author Trent Hone rejoins the formation to discuss his book Mastering the Art of Command: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific. Trent is an authority on the U.S. Navy of the early twentieth century and a leader in the application of complexity science to organizational design.

Download Sea Control 446 – Mastering the Art of Command with Trent Hone

Links

1. Mastering the Art of Command – Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific by Trent Hone, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022.  

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org. 

This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.