By Jared Samuelson

Robert Haddick joins the program to discuss his article for War on the Rocks, “Defeat China’s Navy, Defeat China’s War Plan.” Robert Haddick is a visiting senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Air, and Space Forces Association. He is also the director of research at Champion Hill Ventures.

Download Sea Control 401 – Defeat China’s Navy, Defeat China’s War Plan with Robert Haddick

Links

1. “Defeat China’s Navy, Defeat China’s War Plan,” by Robert Haddick, War on the Rocks, September 21, 2022.
2. “Michèle Flournoy testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on DOD’s role in the competition with China,” January 15, 2020.
3. “Fire on the Water: China, America and the Future of the Pacific, 2nd Edition,” by Robert Haddick, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022. 

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 Joshua Groover.

By Jared Samuelson

250 episodes since the revival of the Sea Control podcast and we are still going strong! Dr. Arron Honniball and Aristyo Darmawan join us to discuss UNCLOS Article 51, military training as “other legitimate activities.”

Dr. Arron Honniball is a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law. Aristyo Darmawan is a lecturer in International Law at Universitas Indonesia. His research focuses on the Law of the Sea and maritime security in southeast Asia.

Download Sea Control 400 – UNCLOS Article 51 at 40 with Dr. Arron Honniball and Aristyo Darmawan

Links 

1. “Article 51 of UNCLOS at 40: Military Training as Other Legitimate Activities?” by Arron Honniball and Aristyo Darmawan, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, December 16, 2022. 

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 Alexia Bouallagui.

By Walker Mills

US Navy officers Trevor Phillips-Levine and Collin Fox join the program to talk about their recent article “Hedging With Humility” in War on the Rocks that discussed the feasibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

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Links

1. “Hedging with Humility: Reassessing China’s Power Projection Capabilities Against Taiwan,” by Collin Fox, Trevor Phillips-Levine, and Kyle Cregge, War on the Rocks, September 1, 2022.
2. “Amateur Hour Part I: The Chinese Invasion of Taiwan,” by Mike Pietrucha, War on the Rocks, May 18, 2022.
3. Sea Control 288: Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan With Tom Shugart, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, October 28, 2021.
4. “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2021,” US Department of Defense.
5. “Civilian Shipping: ferrying the People’s Liberation Army Ashore,” by Michael Dahm and Connor M. Kennedy, CIMSEC, September 9, 2021.
6. “The Porcupine in No Man’s Sea: Arming Taiwan for Sea Denial,” by Collin Fox, CIMSEC, August 4, 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 David Suchyta.

By Jared Samuelson

Dr. Aaro Sahari and Dr. Saara Matala join the program to discuss the transnational development of icebreakers. Dr. Sahari is a postdoctoral researcher in history at the University of Helsinki and the vice-chair of the Finnish Association for Maritime History. Dr. Matala is an historian of technology and business, with specialist interests in Arctic shipbuilding and East–West technology transfer.

Download Sea Control 398 – Transnational Development of Icebreakers with Dr. Aaro Sahari and Dr. Saara Matala

Links

1. “Of a titan, winds and power: Transnational development of the icebreaker, 1890-1954,” by Aaro Sahri and Saara Matala, International Journal of Maritime History, Dec. 9, 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 Joshua Groover.