By Jared Samuelson

The Royal Australian Army’s Commander Landing Force, COL Kim Gilfillan, joins the program to discuss Australian amphibious capabilities, including a deep dive into the history of Australian amphibious operations, and the evolution of Australian amphibious doctrine. We also discuss balancing relationships with the Royal Army, U.S. Army, and U.S. Marine Corps, how the Australian Army generates its forces, and more!

Download Sea Control 198 – Australian Amphibious Capabilities with COL Kim Gilfillan

Links

1. “Force from the Sea: Australia’s Amphibious Capability – An Update,” by Kim Gilfillan, The Cove, July 3, 2020.
2. The Cove
3. Strategic Update 2020
4. 2016 Defence White Paper
5. “Amphibious Operations and the Evolution of Australian Defense Policy,” by Peter J. Dean, Naval War College Review, Fall 2014.

Jared Samuelson is the Senior Producer of the Sea Control Podcast. Contact him at seacontrol@cimsec.org.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Josh Tallis and Hunter Stires join the podcast to discuss three of their recent pieces focused on naval great power competition, the benefit of smaller combatants, fleet structure, conflict below the level of war, multiple theories about Chinese strategy, and more!

Download Sea Control 197 – Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires

Links

1. “To Compete with Russia and China, Think Small,” by Dr. Joshua Tallis, Defense One, May 12, 2020.
2. “Win Without Fighting,” by Hunter Stires, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, June 2020.
3. “How Good Order at Sea is Central to Winning Strategic Competition,” by Dr. Joshua Tallis, CIMSEC, August 12, 2020.

By Jared Samuelson

Professor Christian Bueger joins the program to discuss his upcoming paper, “Blue Crime: Conceptualising Transnational Organized Crime at Sea,” to include the difficulty of legislating maritime space, sea blindness, and the different varieties of blue crime.

Download Sea Control 196 – Blue Crime with Proffessor Christian Bueger

Links

2. Professors Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds, “Blue crime: Conceptualising transnational organized crime at sea,” Marine Policy, Vol. 119, September 2020.

Jared Samuelson is the Senior Producer of the Sea Control Podcast. Contact him at seacontrol@cimsec.org.

By Jared Samuelson

Takuya Matsuda joins the program to discuss Japan’s Cold War and post-Cold War approach to international relations, culminating in its current policy of Maritime Realism. Topics include relations with the U.S., the importance of the Japanese National Security Council, Japan’s relationships with its neighbors (the Quad!) and more. Don’t sleep on the links either!

Links

4. “Geopolitics Redux: Explaining the Japanese-Korea Dispute and Its Implications for Great Power Competion,” by Takuya Matsuda and Jaehan Park, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2019.

Jared Samuelson is the Senior Producer of the Sea Control Podcast. Contact him at seacontrol@cimsec.org.