By Nathan Miller

Ray Powell joins the program to discuss his recent work “Game Changer: The Philippines’ Assertive Transparency Campaign: How the Philippines Rewrote the Counter Gray Zone Playbook in 2023.”

Ray Powell is the Founder and Director of SeaLight, a maritime transparency project of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation at Stanford University, California. Powell served 35 years in the U.S. Air Force, including posts in the Philippines, Japan, Germany, and Qatar, as well as combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He served as the U.S. Air Attaché to Vietnam and the U.S. Defense Attaché to Australia.

Download Sea Control 493 – “Assertive Transparency” in the Gray Zone with Ray Powell

Links

1. “Game Changer: The Philippines’ Assertive Transparency Campaign: How the Philippines Rewrote the Counter Gray Zone Playbook in 2023,” by Col. Raymond Powell US Air Force (Ret.) and Benjamin Goirigolzarri Ph. D., Stratbase ADRi, January 12, 2024.

2. Sea Control 456 – China’s Maritime Gray Zone Tactics and SeaLight with Ray Powell and Gaute Friis, by Jared Samuelson, Sea Control Podcast, August, 24, 2023

Nathan Miller is a Co-Host of the Sea Control podcast, and edited and produced this episode. Contact the Sea Control team at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.