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Sea Control 595: China’s Command Revolution with Elsa Kania

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By Brian Kerg

Dr. Elsa Kania joins the program to discuss her dissertation, “China’s Command Revolution,” which examines the reforms, adaptation, and emerging innovation in Chinese military command capabilities.

Dr. Elsa Kania received her PhD in Government from Harvard University. She served as a visiting scholar for the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, as an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

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Links

1. Elsa Kania’s LinkedIn profile.

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

Jim Jarvie edited and produced this episode.

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Sea Control: 594: From Hulls to Pods with Emma Salisbury

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By J. Overton

Dr. Emma Salisbury joins the program to discuss her essay, “From Hulls to Pods: Why NATO’s Navies Should Beware of the Allure of Mission Modularity,” in the new book in the ISPK SeaPower Series Guardians of the North Atlantic: NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations in Turbulent Times.

Dr. Emma Salisbury is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s National Security Program, an Associate Fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, and a Contributing Editor at War on the Rocks. She writes widely on military-industrial matters, geopolitics, and national security in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, with a particular focus on the maritime. She is based just outside London in the United Kingdom.

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1.”The Trump-class Battleship: Spectacle Wins Out over Combat Power,” by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, January 8, 2026.

2. “Want of Frigates: Why Is It So Hard For America to Buy Small Surface Combatants?” by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 1, 2025.

3. “Atlantic Bastion: The Future of Anti-Submarine Warfare,” by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, August 11, 2025.

4. Emma Salisbury FPRI page.

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

Jonathan Selling edited and produced this episode.

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Sea Control: 593 Information and Warfighting with General Robert Neller

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Host Brian Kerg talks with General Robert Neller, USMC (Ret.) to discuss the role of information in warfighting and the Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG).

General Robert Neller served as the 37th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps from 2015 to 2019. He was commissioned in 1975 and served as an infantry officer. As a general officer he also served as the commanding general of the 3d Marine Division, the Director of Operations on the Joint Staff, the commander of Marine Corps Forces Central Command, and commander of Marine Corps Forces Command/Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic.

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Links

1. “For 250 years, it’s been ‘change or lose’ for our military. Here’s what needs changing now,” by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Defense One, June 22, 2025.

2. “Change or Lose: Past and Future War Lessons on 250th Birthday of the US Army and US Marine Corps,” by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Youtube, November 10, 2025.

3. “Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group,” by Brian Kerg, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2025.

4. “Kill It or Fix It: Why Marine Corps Information Warfare Has Failed After a Decade of MIGs,” by Dan Burns, Information Professionals Association, August 20, 2025.

5. “Killing the MIG is the Last Thing We Should Do,” by Colonel Ray Gerber, USMC (Ret.), Information Professionals Association, September 7, 2025.

6. “Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups,” by Ben Jensen and Ian Fletcher, War on the Rocks, October 13, 2025.

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

Jim Jarvie edited and produced this episode.

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Sea Control 592: The US Coast Guard in the Aleutian Islands with Steven Hulse

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Walker interviews U.S. Coast Guard Commander Steven Hulse about his Proceedings article, “Bases on the Aleutians Islands Would Project Power Across the Pacific.” Hulse discusses his own experience operating in the Aleutians as a cutterman, and why they are still strategically relevant.

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1. “Bases on the Aleutians Islands Would Project Power Across the Pacific,” by Steven Hulse, Proceedings, January 2025. 

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