By Jared Samuelson

Hans Faber joins the program to discuss his blog, Frisia Coast Trail, and his recent adventures walking along the Wadden Sea. Faber hikes, reads, and writes. He works by accident as a civil servant in The Hague.

Download Sea Control 457 – Pirates and the Wadden Sea with Hans Faber

Links

1. “Yet another wayward archipelago,” by Hans Faber, Frisia Coast Trail, April 4, 2021.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

Marie Williams edited and produced this episode.

By Jared Samuelson

Ray Powell and Gaute Friis join the program to discuss the SeaLight initiative and some of the maritime gray zone tactics China is employing in the South China Sea.

Ray is a fellow at Stanford University’s Distinguished Careers Institute in Palo Alto, California. He recently concluded a 35-year career in the U.S. Air Force, during which he served as U.S. Air Attaché in Vietnam and Senior Defense Official/Defense Attaché in Australia.

Gaute Friis is a Defense Innovation Scholar at Stanford’s Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation.

Download Sea Control 456 – China’s Maritime Gray Zone Tactics and SeaLight with Ray Powell and Gaute Friis

Links

1. “Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Bow-Crossing,” by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 17, 2023.

2. “Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Blocking,” by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 18, 2023.

3. “Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Cable-Cutting,” by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 25, 2023.

4. “Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Ramming,” by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 30, 2023.

5. “Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Water Cannoning,” by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  August 6, 2023.

6. “SeaLight.“

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

Marie Williams edited and produced this episode.

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 [email protected].

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 [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Jim Jarvie.