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

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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 Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

This episode was edited and produced by Brian Kurukulasuriya.

By Dr. Ed Salo

Dr. Jonathan Caverley joins the program to discuss AUKUS and what happens when naval procurement drives grand strategy. Jonathan is professor of strategic and operational research at the United States Naval War College.

Download Sea Control 474 – AUKUS, Naval Procurement, and Grand Strategy with Dr. Jonathan Caverley

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This episode was edited and produced by Brian Kurukulasuriya.

By Nathan Miller

Steve Leonard, aka Doctrine Man, joins the podcast to discuss his latest book about superheroes and leadership. Among his many roles and accomplishments, he is a Senior Assistant Dean and Professor of Practice at the University of Kansas School of Business, a former senior military strategist, a senior fellow at the Modern War Institute at West Point, and a prolific writer.

Download Sea Control 473 – Doctrine Man, Leadership, and Superheroes with Steve Leonard

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By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Prakash Gopal joins the program to discuss his dissertation topic, littoral security. Dr Prakash Gopal is a former Indian naval officer with over two decades of experience in maritime security operations, policy and strategy. He was a Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation, India from 2016-18. In 2018 Prakash took up a PhD position at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong. He completed his PhD in April 2023.

Download Sea Control 472 – Littoral Security with Dr. Prakash Gopal

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.