By Jared Samuelson

In the wake of the U.S. Navy testing uncrewed vessels as part of the Rim of the Pacific exercise, Johnathan Falcone and Jonathan Panter join the podcast to discuss possible drawbacks of autonomous vessels.

Jonathan Panter is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University. His research examines naval organizational practices and crisis management. Prior to attending Columbia, he served as a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy.

Johnathan Falcone is an active-duty surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, serving as chief engineer aboard a littoral combat ship. He is a graduate of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs and Yale University.

Download Sea Control 372 – The Problem with Autonomous Ships

Links

1.  “Feedback Loops and Fundamental Flaws in Autonomous Warships,” by Jonathan Panter and Johnathan Falcone, War on the Rocks, June 24, 2022.
2. “The Unplanned Costs of an Unmanned Fleet,” by Jonathan Panter and Johnathan Falcone, War on the Rocks, December 28, 2021.
3. “RIMPAC Testing Will Inform the Fate of Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel,” by Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News, August 1, 2022.
4. “Sea Control 301 – Task Force 59 with John “Fozzie” Miller & Ari Cicurel,” by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, December 12, 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 Nathan Miller.

By Walker Mills

Dr. Oscar Julian Palma Morales joins the program to discuss his research and work on maritime security and drug trafficking in Colombia. Dr. Morales is a Professor at the Department of International, Political and Urban Studies, and former Director of the Observatory on Illicit Drugs and Weapons, at Universidad del Rosario. He is a member of the Colombian Observatory on Organized Crime.

Sea Control 371 – Maritime Security and Colombia with Dr. Oscar Palma Morales

Links

1. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.
2.“La Sorprendente Adaptabilidad De Los Narcotraficantes En El Mar,” Oscar Palma, La Silla Vacia, November 11, 2021.
3. Irregular Warfare Podcast 54: Plan Colombia: Anatomy of a Successful Counterinsurgency Campaign, by Kyle Atwell and Benjamin Jebb, Modern War Institute, June 3, 2022. 

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 Jonathan Selling.

By Zsófia Wolford

New co-host Zsofia Wolford is joined by Nicolò Fasola, former Junior Eisenhower Fellow at NATO’s Defense College and Doctoral Researcher at the University of Birmingham, to discuss the new Strategic Concept, the future of arms control, and NATO’s new defense and deterrence posture. They will also explore the limitations of the new concept and the challenges member states will face in its implementation in the years ahead.

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the security environment of NATO and Europe has changed significantly, prompting the Alliance to propose significant changes to its force posture, increasing its troops from 40,000 to 300,000 on its Eastern Flank. During the latest NATO Summit at the end of June, NATO also adopted a new Strategic Concept after 12 years in which it becomes clear that we will see changes not only to the Alliance’s defense and deterrence posture but to its approach to strategic stability and arms control.

Download Sea Control 370 – NATO’s Shifting Approach to Strategic Stability, Defense, and Deterrence with Nicolò Fasola

Links

1. NATO 2022 Strategic Concept.

Zsófia Wolford 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 Walker Mills

Dr. Anna Sergi joins the program to discuss her research on organized crime in ports around the world.

Dr. Anna Sergi is a Professor at the University of Essex. She specializes in organized crime and comparative criminal justice and, more recently, drug importations through seaports.

Download Sea Control 369 – Conceptualizing Ports and Organized Crime with Dr. Anna Sergi

Links

1. “Italy Seizes 4 Tons of Cocaine Linked to Colombian Gulf Clan,” by Colleen Barry, The Washington Post, June 7, 2022.
2. Chasing the Mafia: ‘Ndrangheta, Memories and Journeys, by Anna Sergi, Bristol University Press, 2022. 

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.