By Nate Miller

The program is joined by Dr. Emilia Justyna Powell and Michael Atkins to discuss Islamic maritime law. Emelia is a professor of political science and a concurrent professor of law at the University of Notre Dame. Michael is a JAG officer in the U.S. Coast Guard.

Download Sea Control 507 – Islamic Maritime Law with Emilia Justyna Powell and Michael Atkins

Links

1. Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell, Oxford University Press, 2022.

2. The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial & Maritime Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E. Wiegand, Oxford University Press, 2023.

3. “Ghosts of Kosovo: A Test for International Criminal Law in the Balkans,” by Michael Atkins, The Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, January 2022.

4. “Regulations Usher in Era of Cleaner Emissions at Sea,” by Michael Atkins, American Bar Association, Environmental Enforcement and Crimes, April 20,2022.

5. Sea Control 461 – Peaceful Resolution of Territorial and Maritime Disputes with Dr. Emilia Justyna Powell and Dr. Krista Wiegand, by Nathan Miller, CIMSEC, September 10, 2023.

Nathan Miller is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast and produced this episode. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

By Nathan Miller

Commodore Venugopal Vengalil joins the program to discuss China’s maritime interests in the Indian Ocean.

Commodore Vengalil graduated from National Defense Academy and was commissioned into Indian Navy in 1979. He is a specialist in Anti-Submarine Warfare and Mine Countermeasures. Among various assignments, he was the Naval Officer in Charge, Mumbai, prior to his retirement in 2007. Post retirement he worked as the head of shipping operations for a logistics company in Oman for five years and was fully involved in overseeing naval ships on anti-piracy patrol.

He is an alumnus of Defense Services Staff College Wellington, College of Naval Warfare, Mumbai, and Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Honolulu, U.S. He writes in various forums on Maritime security issues. He is a distinguished member of Chennai Centre for China Studies.

Download Sea Control 504 – Chinese Maritime Interests in the Indian Ocean with Commodore Venugopal Vengalil

Links

1. “Assessment of Chinese Maritime Interests in Indian Ocean Region,” by Commodore Venugopal Vengalil, Chennai Centre for China Studies, December 7, 2023.

2. Commodore Venugopal Vengali’s X Feed.

Nathan Miller is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

Jonathan Selling edited and produced this episode.

By Nathan Miller

Ray Powell joins the program to discuss his recent work “Game Changer: The Philippines’ Assertive Transparency Campaign: How the Philippines Rewrote the Counter Gray Zone Playbook in 2023.”

Ray Powell is the Founder and Director of SeaLight, a maritime transparency project of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University, California. Powell served 35 years in the U.S. Air Force, including posts in the Philippines, Japan, Germany, and Qatar, as well as combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He served as the U.S. Air Attaché to Vietnam and the U.S. Defense Attaché to Australia.

Download Sea Control 493 – “Assertive Transparency” in the Gray Zone with Ray Powell

Links

1. “Game Changer: The Philippines’ Assertive Transparency Campaign: How the Philippines Rewrote the Counter Gray Zone Playbook in 2023,” by Col. Raymond Powell US Air Force (Ret.) and Benjamin Goirigolzarri Ph. D., Stratbase ADRi, January 12, 2024.

2. Sea Control 456 – China’s Maritime Gray Zone Tactics and SeaLight with Ray Powell and Gaute Friis, by Jared Samuelson, Sea Control Podcast, August, 24, 2023

Nathan Miller is a Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast, and edited and produced this episode. Contact the Sea Control team at [email protected].

By Nathan Miller

Ken Rupp joins the program to discuss the museum ship LST-325. She is the last sailing LST in the world and makes annual cruises on the rivers of the United States.

Rupp, a retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant, has volunteered on LST-325 for five years and is currently serving as the Cruise Director. He also works in the Engine Department and as an EMT while underway.

Download Sea Control 484 – LST-325: From Normandy to Indiana with Ken Rupp

Links

1. USS LST-325 Ship Memorial Website.
2. Bringing Back a Hero, by Robert D. Jornlin, Jornlin Farm, 2014.

Nathan Miller is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast, and edited and produced this episode. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].