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.

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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.

By Jared Samuelson

In the wake of the U.S. Navy testing uncrewed vessels as part of the Rim of the Pacific exercise, Johnathan Falcone and Jonathan Panter join the podcast to discuss possible drawbacks of autonomous vessels.

Jonathan Panter is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. His research examines naval organizational practices and crisis management. Prior to attending Columbia, he served as a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy.

Johnathan Falcone is an active-duty surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, serving as chief engineer aboard a littoral combat ship. He is a graduate of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and Yale University.

Download Sea Control 372 – The Problem with Autonomous Ships

Links

1.  “Feedback Loops and Fundamental Flaws in Autonomous Warships,” by Jonathan Panter and Johnathan Falcone, War on the Rocks, June 24, 2022.
2. “The Unplanned Costs of an Unmanned Fleet,” by Jonathan Panter and Johnathan Falcone, War on the Rocks, December 28, 2021.
3. “RIMPAC Testing Will Inform the Fate of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel,” by Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News, August 1, 2022.
4. “Sea Control 301 – Task Force 59 with John “Fozzie” Miller & Ari Cicurel,” by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, December 12, 2021. 

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.