All posts by Jared Samuelson

Chokepoints and Littorals Week, Podcast

Sea Control 180 – Narrow Seas: The Black Sea with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (ret.)

Leave a comment

By Jared Samuelson

We’re kicking off our collaboration with The Krulak Center on Chokepoints and Littorals Week with a big one! Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (ret.), former commander, U.S. Army Europe, stops by the podcast to discuss lessons learned from the exercise Defender 2020, Russia’s Black Sea strategy, and the importance of the Black Sea to NATO. 

Download Sea Control 180 – Narrow Seas: The Black Sea with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (ret.)

Links

  1. “One Flank, One Threat, One Presence,” by LTG (Ret.) Ben Hodges, Janusz Bugajski, COL (Ret.) Ray Wojcik, and Carsten Schmiedl, The Center for European Policy Analysis, May 2020
  2. “The Naval Power Shift in the Black Sea,” by Michael Peterson, War on the Rocks, January 9, 2019
  3. “Russia’s Strategy in the Black Sea Basin,” by Nikolas Gvosdev, War on the Rocks, August 2, 2018
  4. “Geopolitical Gerrymandering and the Importance of Key Maritime Terrain,” by Olivia Garard, War on the Rocks, October 3, 2018
  5. “Wargaming of the Black Sea Security,” by Natalia Wojtowicz, Ukraine Analytica, April 2, 2020
  6. “Naval Warfare Scenarios for 2020,” by Andrii Klymenko, Ukraine Analytica, Issue 1 (19), 2020 

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

Podcast

Sea Control 178 – Lawfare at Sea with Dr. Jill Goldenziel

1 Comment

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Jill Goldenziel (@jillgoldenziel) joins me (@jwsc03) to discuss the origins and types of lawfare, lawfare at sea, how the Chinese are using lawfare in the South China Sea, and what the U.S. can do to fight back.

Download Sea Control 178 – Lawfare at Sea with Dr. Jill Goldenziel

Links

1. Goldenziel, Jill I., “Law as a Battlefield: The U.S., China, and Global Escalation of Lawfare,” (January 25, 2020). Cornell Law Review, Vol. 106, 2020.

4. The Republic of The Philippines vs. The People’s Republic of China, The Permanent Court of Arbitration, July 12, 2016.

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

Sea Control 177 – NATO Amphibious Leaders Expeditionary Symposium

Leave a comment

By Jared Samuelson

Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oscar Vanderveen and U.S. Marine Major Justin Hooker join me (@jwsc03) to discuss the NATO Amphibious Leaders Expeditionary Symposium (NALES). The group discusses the challenges facing NATO’s amphibious forces, command and control relationships, and the progress made by NALES in developing NATO amphibious interoperability.

Download Sea Control 177 – NATO Amphibious Leaders Expeditionary Symposium

Links

“NATO’s Amphibious Forces: Command and Control of a Multibrigade Alliance Task Force,” by Gene Germanovich, J.D. Williams, Stacie L. Pettyjohn, David A. Shlapak, Anthony Atler, Bradley Martin, RAND Corporation, 2019

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

Podcast

Sea Control 176 – Down South in the Falklands with Rear Admiral (ret.) Dr. Chris Parry, CBE

1 Comment

By Jared Samuelson

Sea story time! Join Rear Admiral (ret.) Dr. Chris Parry, CBE (@DrChrisParry), as he shares his experiences in the Falklands War as an aviator stationed aboard HMS Antrim. He recounts Operation Paraquet, the recapture of South Georgia, the attack on the Argentine submarine Santa Fe, his impressions of the attack on HMS Sheffield, and his experience in the battle of San Carlos Water.

Download Sea Control 176 – Down South in the Falklands with Rear Admiral (ret.) Dr. Chris Parry, CBE

Links

Down South: A Falklands War Diary by Rear Admiral (ret.) Dr. Chris Parry, CBE

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