By Walker Mills

US Navy officers Trevor Phillips-Levine and Collin Fox join the program to talk about their recent article “Hedging With Humility” in War on the Rocks that discussed the feasibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Download Sea Control 399- The Need to Hedge for Taiwan’s Security

Links

1. “Hedging with Humility: Reassessing China’s Power Projection Capabilities Against Taiwan,” by Collin Fox, Trevor Phillips-Levine, and Kyle Cregge, War on the Rocks, September 1, 2022.
2. “Amateur Hour Part I: The Chinese Invasion of Taiwan,” by Mike Pietrucha, War on the Rocks, May 18, 2022.
3. Sea Control 288: Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan With Tom Shugart, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, October 28, 2021.
4. “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2021,” US Department of Defense.
5. “Civilian Shipping: ferrying the People’s Liberation Army Ashore,” by Michael Dahm and Connor M. Kennedy, CIMSEC, September 9, 2021.
6. “The Porcupine in No Man’s Sea: Arming Taiwan for Sea Denial,” by Collin Fox, CIMSEC, August 4, 2021.

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by David Suchyta.

By Walker Mills

Samuel Bendett joins the program to unpack the Russian Federation’s new 2022 Maritime Doctrine. Sam Bendett is a research analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses’ Russia Studies Program and an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

Download Sea Control 395 – Russia’s New Maritime Doctrine with Samuel Bendett

Links

1. “To Robot or Not to Robot? Past analysis of Russian Military Robotics and Today’s War in Ukraine,” by Sam Bendett, War on the Rocks, June 30, 2022.
2. CNA Webpage for Sam Bendett.

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Nathan Miller.

By Walker Mills

Dr. Tommy Jamison, an assistant professor at the Naval Postgraduate School, joins the program to discuss his doctoral dissertation “Pacific Wars: Peripheral Conflict and the Making of the US New Navy, 1864-1897.” Dr. Jamison covers the overlooked role of Pacific navies on the development of the United States Navy.

Download Sea Control 379 – Pacific Wars 1864-1897 with Dr. Tommy Jamison

Links

1. “Pacific Wars: Peripheral Conflict and the Making of the US New Navy, 1864-1897,” by Tommy Jamison, Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 2020.
2. “Looks Like a Chilean War:” The Baltimore Incident as a Counterfactual Exercise,” by Tommy Jamison, CIMSEC October 22, 2015.
3. Sea Control 239: “Things Done By Halves” with Dr. BJ Armstrong, CIMSEC, April 11, 2021. 

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast and a Senior Editor for CIMSEC. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Marie Williams.

By Walker Mills

Dr. Oscar Julian Palma Morales joins the program to discuss his research and work on maritime security and drug trafficking in Colombia. Dr. Morales is a Professor at the Department of International, Political and Urban Studies, and former Director of the Observatory on Illicit Drugs and Weapons, at Universidad del Rosario. He is a member of the Colombian Observatory on Organized Crime.

Sea Control 371 – Maritime Security and Colombia with Dr. Oscar Palma Morales

Links

1. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.
2.“La Sorprendente Adaptabilidad De Los Narcotraficantes En El Mar,” Oscar Palma, La Silla Vacia, November 11, 2021.
3. Irregular Warfare Podcast 54: Plan Colombia: Anatomy of a Successful Counterinsurgency Campaign, by Kyle Atwell and Benjamin Jebb, Modern War Institute, June 3, 2022. 

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.