By Nathan Miller

Thord Are Iversen has been publishing as The Lookout since 2021. He joins the program to discuss the battle for the Black Sea. Thord is an independent defense analyst and former officer in the Royal Norwegian Navy, with experience both afloat and ashore. He has had a lifelong interest in military history and operations, and defense and security policy.

Download Sea Control 478 – A Sober Analysis of Ukrainian Success in the Black Sea with Thord Are Iversen

Links

1. “On Understanding the Naval War,” by Thord Are Iversen, Reports by T.A. Iversen, October 5, 2023.
2. Reports by T.A. Iversen.

Nathan Miller is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Andrew Frame.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Steve Murdoch joins us to discuss Scandinavian responses to great power war at sea in the 17th and 18th centuries. Steve is the Deputy Head of Department for the War Studies and Military History Department and Head of Division for the Military History Division at Swedish Defence University.

Download Sea Control 477 – Scandinavian Responses to Great Power War at Sea with Dr. Steve Murdoch

Links

1. Ideologies of Western Naval Power, c. 1500-1815, edited by J.D. Davies, Alan James, Gijs Rommelse,Routledge, 2019.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Andrew Frame.

By Jared Samuelson

Author Julie Cook joins the program to discuss her book about the Titanic disaster and its impact on the families left behind: The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind – The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage. Julie has been a journalist for over 20 years. She writes regularly for titles such as The Daily Mail, The Sun, The Telegraph, Bella, Red online and more.

Download Sea Control 476 – Titanic and the City of Widows with Julie Cook

Links

1. The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind – The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage, by Julie Cook, Pen and Sword History, April 6, 2020.

Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Andrew Frame.

By Walker Mills

The program is joined by Dr. Toshi Yoshihara, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He discusses his latest book, Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy. He is also the co-author of Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy.

Download Sea Control 475 – Island Campaigns and the Founding of the PLA Navy with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara

Links

1. Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, second edition, by Toshi Yoshihara and James Holmes, USNI Books, 2018. 

2. Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, by Toshi Yoshihara, Georgetown University Press, 2022. 

3. “China’s Lessons from the Pacific War and Implications for Future Warfighting,” by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, March 22, 2023. 

4. “China as a Composite Land-Sea Power: A Geostrategic Concept Revisited,” by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, January 6, 2021.

5. “How China has Overtaken Japan in Naval Power and Why It Matters,” by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, June 22, 2020.

6. “Assessing the Military Balance in the Western Pacific with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara,” by Cris Lee, CIMSEC, November 5, 2018.

7. Sea Control 288: Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan with Tom Shugart, CIMSEC, October 28, 2021. 

Walker Mills is Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at [email protected].

This episode was edited and produced by Brian Kurukulasuriya.