By Walker Mills

Dr. Joshua Tallis from the Center for Naval Analyses join the program to discuss his recent commentary on the Arctic in CIMSEC, War on the Rocks, and Foreign Policy. Enjoy the wide-ranging conversation on arctic security and governance, the security implications of climate change, the relationship between small conflicts and ‘Great Power Competition,’ maritime policing, and fleet architecture.

Download Sea Control 250 – Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Strategy

Links

1. The War for Muddy Waters: Pirates, Terrorists, Traffickers and Maritime Insecurity, by Joshua Tallis, Naval Institute Press, 2019.
2. Sea Control 197: Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 30, 2020.
3. “Focusing the Military Services’ Arctic Strategies,” by Joshua Tallis, War on the Rocks, January 20, 2021.
4. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, by Walker Mills CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.
5. Sea Control 230: Coast Guard Unmanned Systems with Scott Craig and Bert Macesker, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, March 7, 2021.
6. “Advantage at Sea,” The U.S. Marine Corps, Department of the Navy, and U.S. Coast Guard, December 2020.
7. “How Good Order at Sea is Central to Winning Strategic Competition,” by Joshua Tallis, CIMSEC, August 12, 2020.
8. “For a Biden Arctic Agenda, Look to Governance,” by Joshua Tallis, Foreign Policy, February 18, 2021.
9. The Strife Blog series on Caribbean Maritime Security will run through June 2021.

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

By Andrea Howard

Retired Navy Captain Jim Bryant joins the program to discuss the history of the Thresher-class of submarines, the technical innovations in the class, and revelations from the recent release of documents regarding the loss of USS Thresher in 1963.

Download Sea Control 249 – Revelations from the USS Thresher with Capt. Jim Bryant (ret.)

Links

1. “Navy Release Latest Round of USS Thresher Documents,” USNI News, February 4, 2021.

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

By Jared Samuelson

Swedish Institute for Defence Studies author Jonas Kjellén and Swedish Defence University’s Anders Larsson join the program to discuss Jonas’s most recent report on the Russian Baltic Fleet, to include the fleet’s unique organization, its historic relationship with St. Petersburg, the 2016 leadership purge, and more.

Download Sea Control 248 – Russia’s Baltic Fleet with Jonas Kjellén and Anders Larsson

2. Russian Electronic Warfare the role of Electronic Warfare within the Armed Forces, by Jonas Kjellén, FOI, September 2018.

By Walker Mills

Admiral James Stavridis (ret.) and Elliot Ackerman join the program to discuss their new book, War in 2034: A Novel of the Next War, about a future war between the United States and China. The conversation is far-ranging and covers not only their book but other great reads, their writing process, U.S.-Latin America relations, and the nature of war and decision making.

Download Sea Control 247 – 2034 with Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman

Links

1. War in 2034: A Novel of the Next War, by James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman, Penguin Press, 2021.
2. Partnership for the Americas: Western Hemisphere Strategy and U.S. Southern Command, by James Stavridis, National Defense University Press, 2010.
3. The Bedford Incident, by Mark Raskovich, Thunderchild Publishing (reprint, 2016).
4. Destined for War: Can America and China Escape the Thucydides Trap? by Graham Allison, Mariner Books (reprint, 2017).
5. Winds of War, by Herman Wouk, Hodder & Stoughton, 2013.
6. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Tor Books (reprint, 2017).
7. Man’s Fate, by Andre Malraux, Vintage, 1990.
8. Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy and Larry Bond, Berkeley (reprint, 2009).
9. Admiral James Stavridis Official Website
10. Elliot Ackerman Official Website