By J. Overton

Dr. Sebastian Bruns joins the program to talk about his article, “Conundrums, Right Ahead: Five strategic concerns for Baltic Sea decision-makers.” Sebastian is a naval strategist and sea power expert based in Kiel, Germany, where he is senior researcher at the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University.

Download Sea Control 575: Baltic Conundrums with Sebastian Bruns

Links

1. “Conundrums, right ahead: Five strategic concerns for Baltic Sea decision-makers,” by Sebastian Bruns, Royal Swedish Naval Society, 2024. (Website is in Swedish, Click the Ladda ned button to download the issue, the article is on page 61 of the PDF in English.)

2.“From ‘Flooded Meadow’ to Maritime Hotspot: Keeping the Baltic Sea Free, Open, and Interconnected,” by Sebastian Bruns, Carnegie Endowment, December 20, 2023.

3. Sea Control 548 – Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean with Dr. Sebastian Bruns & Dr. Jeremy Stöhs, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 21, 2024.

4. Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University.

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

By Brian Kerg

Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hough joins the podcast to discuss his article, “Diplomacy for Better Stand-In Force Access in Japan.” Lieutenant Colonel Hough is a combat engineer officer serving as an operational planner in the III MEF G-357 Future Operations Branch in Okinawa, Japan. He deployed as a combat engineer officer in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and as an engineer advisor in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

Download Sea Control 574: Diplomacy for Better Stand-in Force Access in Japan with Daniel Hough

Links

1. “Diplomacy for Better Stand-In Force Access in Japan,” by Daniel Hough, Proceedings, September 2024.

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

This episode was edited and produced by William McQuiston. 

By Alexia Bouallagui

Sea Control presents the first in a special series by cohost Alexia Bouallagui on Italian maritime security research. On this episode Alexia is joined by Federico Petroni to discuss Arctic geopolitics. Federico Petroni is a geopolitical analyst at Limes, the Italian review of geopolitics, and coordinator of the school of Limes.

This podcast is offered in both Italian and English. Skip to 26:21 for the English version.

Download Sea Control 573: The Great North Challenges the Mediterranean with Federico Petroni

Links

1. Artics fevers, Limes, Feb 2019 https://www.limesonline.com/rivista/la-febbre-dell-artico-14632937.

2. Artico: attacco al Mediterraneo? Da Taiwan a Gibilterra – Le Giornate del Mare 2024 a Roma, Limes, November 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRDmb2EsHA.

Italian

La Battaglia per l’Artico: Il Grande Nord sfida il Mediterraneo – Nuova Guerra Fredda o Terra di
Nessuno?

Federico Petroni si unisce al programma per discutere di geopolitica artica. Federico Petroni è un analista geopolitico di Limes, la rivista italiana di geopolitica, e coordinatore della Scuola di Limes. Questo episodio è stato montato e prodotto da Alexia Bouallagui. È il primo episodio di una serie pensata per approfondire la ricerca sulla sicurezza marittima italiana.

Links:

1. La febbre dell’Artico, Limes, febbraio 2019
https://www.limesonline.com/rivista/la-febbre-dell-artico-14632937/.

2. Artico: attacco al Mediterraneo? Da Taiwan a Gibilterra – Le Giornate del Mare 2024 a Roma, Limes, November 2024,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRDmb2EsHA.

Alexia Bouallagui is co-host of the Sea Control podcast, and edited and produced this episode.

By Jonathan Selling

Author Andrew Boyd joins the podcast to discuss his book, Arms for Russia and the Naval War in the Arctic, 1941-1945. He discusses the importance of Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union and the importance of the Arctic route in supplying them.

Andrew Boyd CMG, OBE, DPhil was educated at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth and St John’s College, Oxford. He served as a submariner in the Royal Navy in the 1970s and subsequently the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. He received his DPhil in naval history from the University of Buckingham in 2015 and is the author of two widely acclaimed works, The Royal Navy in Eastern Waters: Linchpin of Victory 1935-1942 and British Naval Intelligence through the Twentieth Century.

Download Sea Control 572: Arms for Russia with Andrew Boyd

Links

1. Arms for Russia and the Naval War in the Arctic, 1941-1945, by Andrew Boyd, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2024.

2. Andrew Boyd Twitter.

Jonathan Selling is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact the podcast team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.

Andrew Frame edited and produced this episode.