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 Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

By Ed Salo

Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider rejoins the podcast to discuss her article on what wargames reveal. Dr. Schneider is a Hoover Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Her research focuses on the intersection of technology, national security, and political psychology with a special interest in cybersecurity, unmanned technologies, and Northeast Asia.

Download Sea Control 506 – What Wargames Reveal with Dr. Jacquelyn Schneider

Links

1. “What Wargames Really Reveal: Outcomes Matter Less Than Who Pays and Who Plays,” by Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, December 26, 2023.  

2. Stanford University Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative.

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

This episode was edited and produced by Johann Porisch.

By Jared Samuelson 

Dr. Angela Sutton joins the program to discuss her book, Pirates of the Slave Trade – The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution. Angela is a social and digital historian of the Atlantic World interested in the tools and methods that preserve and widen access to the sources that help refine and redefine popular understandings of American slavery and its modern consequences.

Download Sea Control 505 – Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton

Links

1. Pirates of the Slave Trade – The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton, Prometheus Books, 2023. 

2. Angela Sutton’s website.

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 Jim Jarvie.

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 Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

Jonathan Selling edited and produced this episode.