By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly joins us to discuss icebergs, their value as a resource, who has “claim” to them and the question of iceberg sovereignty!

Dr. Wood-Donnelly is an Associate Professor of International Relations and the High North. She is the Scientific Coordinator for JUSTNORTH (EU project 869327) and leads the Justice, Sustainability and Arctic Futures Research Network. She holds academic posts at Nord Universitet and Uppsala University and is a Research Associate at the Swedish Institute for International Affairs.

Download Sea Control 376 – Iceberg Sovereignty with Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly

Links

1. “Iceberg sovereignty,” by Corine Wood-Donnelly, Marine Policy, Volume 143, September 2022.
2. Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly personal website.

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 Jonathan Selling.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Swati Srivastava joins the podcast to discuss the English East India Company and the making of modern state sovereignty. Dr. Srivastava is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University.

Download Sea Control 375 – The East India Company and Modern State Sovereignty

Links

1. “Corporate Sovereign Awakening and the making of Modern State Sovereignty: New Archival Evidence from the English East India Company,” by Dr. Swati Srivastava, International Organization, March 4, 2022.
2. Dr. Srivastava’s webpage.

This episode was edited and produced by Jim Jarvie. 

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Ståle Ulriksen joins the program to discuss his 2019 paper on enhancing cooperation between Norway and the U.S. Marine Corps. Dr. Ståle Ulriksen is a senior researcher at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy.

Download Sea Control 374 – Enhancing Norwegian-USMC Cooperation with Dr. Ståle Ulriksen

Links

1. “Building on Strength – Proposals for US-Norwegian Cooperation on the Operational and Tactical Level,” by Ståle Ulriksen and Åse Gilje Østensens, Forsvarets høgskole, Concept paper series, February 2019.

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 Nathan Miller and Jim Jarvie.

By Jared Samuelson

Bradley Martin and Kristen Gunness join us to discuss what a coercive quarantine of Taiwan might look like, the implications, and associated risks for escalation.

Bradley Martin is the director of the RAND National Security Supply Chain Institute, and a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Martin retired from the Navy as a surface warfare Captain after 30 years service, including four command tours.

Kristen Gunness is a senior policy researcher in the RAND Corporation’s Washington Office. Her background includes military, security, and foreign policy issues in the Indo Pacific region with a focus on China.

Sea Control 373 – A Coercive Quarantine of Taiwan with Dr. Bradley Martin and Kristen Gunness

Links

1. Implications of a Coercive Quarantine of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China, by Bradley Martin, Kristen Gunness, Paul DeLuca, and Melissa Shostak, RAND Corporation, 2022.
2. National Security Supply Chain Institute. 

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 Marie Williams.