By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Johanna Mellis from the End of Sport podcast joins the program to discuss the famed 1956 water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union known as the “Blood in the Water” game.

Sea Control 298 – Blood in the Water with Dr. Johanna Mellis

Links

1. End of Sport podcast
2. Crossing the Lane Lines: Treading Water in the Deep End – How Black Water Polo Players are Changing the Game with Genai Kerr, March 26, 2021.
3. Das Wunder von Bern, 2003.
4. Freedom’s Fury, 2020.
5. The Olympic Games, the Soviet Sports Bureaucracy and the Cold War – Red Sport, Red Tape, by Jenifer Parks, Lexington Books, 2016.
6. “The (Inter-Communist) Cold War on Ice: Soviet-Czechoslovak Ice Hockey Politics, 1967-1969,” by Oldrich Tuma et al, The Wilson Center, Cold War International History Project, 2014.
7. Cold War Games: Propaganda, the Olympics and US Foreign Policy, by Toby C. Rider, University of Illinois Press, 2016.
8. “From Defectors to Cooperators: The Impact of 1956 on Athletes, Sports Leaders and Sport Policy in Socialist Hungary,” by Johanna Mellis, Cambridge University Press, November 12, 2019.
9. “Cold War Politics and the California Running Scene: The Experiences of Mihály Iglói and László Tábori in the Golden State,” by Johanna Mellis, Journal of Sport History, University of Illinois Press, Spring 2019.  

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.

By Walker Mills

Admiral James Foggo III (ret.), former commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa; and commander NATO Allied Joint Force Command Naples, joins the program to discuss his role as the dean of the Navy League’s newly established Center for Maritime Strategy.

Download Sea Control 297 — The Center for Maritime Strategy with Admiral James Foggo III (ret.)

Links

1. Navy League of the United States.
2. Sea-Air-Space Exposition.
3. “From the Deck Plate of the Center for Maritime Strategy of the Navy League of the United States,” by James Foggo III, Seapower Magazine, November 15, 2021.
4. Asia’s Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan, Random House, 2014.
5. “On the Horizon: Navigating the European and African Theaters,” by Admiral James Foggo III, July 17, 2020.
6. “Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz,” by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.
7. “Sea Control 218: Coastal Insecurity, ansar Al-Sunnah, and Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss & Lexie Van Buskirk,” by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 20, 2020.
8. “Sea Control 250: Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Security , by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, May 16, 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 Jared Samuelson.

By Walker Mills

The program is joined by Dr. Assis Malaquias, a professor and the Chair of the global Studies and Maritime Affairs Department at Cal Maritime; and Tim Walker, who is a Senior Researcher and the Maritime Project Leader at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa, to discuss the evolving maritime security situation in Mozambique and Africa generally.

Download Sea Control 296 – Maritime Security in Mozambique with Dr. Assis Malaquias and Tim Walker

Links

1. Sea Control 218: Coastal Insecurity, Ansar Al-Sunna and Women in Maritime Security with Kelly Moss & Lexie Van Buskirk, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 20, 2020.
2. “Mozambique’s Tuna Corruption Scandal Puts Justice on Trial,” by Karen Schoonbee, BBC News, October 3, 2021.
3. Institute for Security Studies website. 

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 Alexia Bouallagui.

By Jared Samuelson

MIDN 1/C Benoit Gorgemans joins the program to discuss his research and Proceedings article covering the history and development of the Russian Navy’s flotilla in the Caspian Sea.

Downloaded Sea Control 295 – Russia’s Caspian Flotilla with MIDN 1/C Benoit Gorgemans

Links

1. “The Caspian Flotilla: Russia’s Offensive Reinvention,” by MIDN 1/C Benoit Gorgemans, Proceedings, August 2021. 

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Keagan Ingersoll.