By J. Overton

Dr. Ben Zweibelson joins the program to talk about his new book, Reconceptualizing War.

Dr. Zweibelson has over three decades of service to the U.S. Department of Defense, retiring as an Infantry Officer with 22 years combined service, multiple combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and awarded four Bronze Stars. Author of two other books, Understanding the Military Design Movement (Routledge, 2023) and Beyond the Pale (Air University Press, 2023), Ben lectures at numerous war colleges and universities around the world. He holds a doctorate in philosophy, has three master’s degrees, and graduated U.S. Army Ranger School among numerous other demanding military courses. Ben resides in Colorado Springs with his wife and three boys.

Download Sea Control 577: Reconceptualizing War with Ben Zweibelson

Links

1. Reconceptualizing War, by Ben Zweibelson, Helion & Company, 2025.

2. Understanding the Military Design Movement, by Ben Zweibelson, Routledge, 2024.

3. Beyond the Pale: Designing Military Decision-Making Anew, by Ben Zweibelson, Air University Press, 2023.

4. War Becoming Phantasmal: A Cognitive Shift in Organized Violence beyond Traditional Limits, by Ben Zweibelson, Marine Corps University Press, May 2024.

5. “Breaking the Newtonian Fetish,“ by Ben Zweibelson, Journal of Advanced Military Studies, Vol. 15. No. 1.

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

By Walker Mills

Dr. Tommy Jamison joins the program to discuss his recent article “Rescuing Heritage from Humiliation: The Navalist Reinterpretation of the Sino-French and Sino-Japanese Wars,” published in the October issue of the Journal of Military History. The conversation focuses on recent reinterpretations of the Sino-French and Sino-Japanese Wars, and what they can tell us about how the Chinese military and thinks about its own history, and why the interpretation of military history is important generally.

Dr. Tommy Jamison is a military historian and Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies in the Defense Analysis Department at the Naval Postgraduate School. He holds a PhD from Harvard University and previously served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy. 

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Links

1. Sea Control 379: Pacific Wars 1864-1897 with Dr. Tommy Jamison

2. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power and Primacy, by SCM Paine, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 

3. The Pacific’s New Navies: An Ocean, It’s Wars and the Making of US Sea Power, by Tommy Jamison, Cambridge University Press, 2024. 

4. Tommy Jamison Linkedin.

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

By J. Overton

Dr. Sebastian Bruns joins the program to talk about his article, “Conundrums, Right Ahead: Five strategic concerns for Baltic Sea decision-makers.” Sebastian is a naval strategist and sea power expert based in Kiel, Germany, where he is senior researcher at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University.

Download Sea Control 575: Baltic Conundrums with Sebastian Bruns

Links

1. “Conundrums, right ahead: Five strategic concerns for Baltic Sea decision-makers,” by Sebastian Bruns, Royal Swedish Naval Society, 2024. (Website is in Swedish, Click the Ladda ned button to download the issue, the article is on page 61 of the PDF in English.)

2.“From ‘Flooded Meadow’ to Maritime Hotspot: Keeping the Baltic Sea Free, Open, and Interconnected,” by Sebastian Bruns, Carnegie Endowment, December 20, 2023.

3. Sea Control 548 – Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean with Dr. Sebastian Bruns & Dr. Jeremy Stöhs, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 21, 2024.

4. Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University.

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

By Brian Kerg

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hough joins the podcast to discuss his article, “Diplomacy for Better Stand-In Force Access in Japan.” Lieutenant Colonel Hough is a combat engineer officer serving as an operational planner in the III MEF G-357 Future Operations Branch in Okinawa, Japan. He deployed as a combat engineer officer in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and as an engineer advisor in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Download Sea Control 574: Diplomacy for Better Stand-in Force Access in Japan with Daniel Hough

Links

1. “Diplomacy for Better Stand-In Force Access in Japan,” by Daniel Hough, Proceedings, September 2024.

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

This episode was edited and produced by William McQuiston.