By Jared Samuelson CAPT Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong joins the program to discuss naval presence and the U.S. Navy in the interwar period. CAPT Benjamin “BJ” Armstrong, USN, is a former search and rescue helicopter pilot and associate professor of war studies and naval history at the U.S. Naval Academy. Download Sea Control 496 – Naval … Continue reading Sea Control 496 – Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy with BJ Armstrong →

By Walker Mills Aaron Delano-Johnson joins the program to discuss how to apply lessons from counternarcotics operations to combating IUU fishing. Aaron is a Captain in the U.S. Coast Guard. Download Sea Control 495 – Cocaine Codfish with Aaron Delano-Johnson Links 1. “Cocaine Codfish: How the War on Drugs Can Inform the Fight Against Illegal … Continue reading Sea Control 495 – Cocaine Codfish with Aaron Delano-Johnson →

By Anna McNiel Dr. John Sherwood joins the program to discuss his latest book, A Global Force for Good: Sea Services Humanitarian Operations in the Twenty-First Century, about the sea services’ response to various humanitarian operations in the 21st century. John has served as a historian at Naval History and Heritage Command since 1997. Download … Continue reading Sea Control 494 – Global Force for Good with Dr. John Sherwood →

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 … Continue reading Sea Control 493 – “Assertive Transparency” in the Gray Zone with Ray Powell →

By Jared Samuelson In this episode, Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami joins us to discuss how the states bordering the Gulf of Guinea are approaching their many maritime security challenges. Ebunoluwa is a graduate of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria. He focuses on security in West Africa, particularly the Gulf of Guinea. Download Sea Control 492 – … Continue reading Sea Control 492 – Challenges in the Gulf of Guinea with Ebunoluwa Ojo-Ami →

By Walker Mills Commander Michael Knickerbocker joins the program to speak about his recent article, “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels.” He discusses the threat of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), what the U.S. Navy should do about them, and how the U.S. Navy should direct its own USV programs. Download … Continue reading Sea Control 491 – Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels With Michael Knickerbocker →

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Hassan Khalilieh joins the podcast to discuss Islamic maritime law, to include his book: Islamic Law of the Sea: Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought. Hassan is a senior lecturer in the departments of Maritime Civilizations and Inter-disciplinary Studies at the University of Haifa. Download Sea Control 490 … Continue reading Sea Control 490 – Islamic Maritime Law with Dr. Hassan Khalilieh →

By Jared Samuelson Julian Pawlak joins us to discuss his 2022 report on NATO’s northern flank. Julian is a research associate at the Helmut Schmidt University/University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg and the German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies. His research covers NATO’s Northern Flank and the Baltic Sea region. Download Sea Control … Continue reading Sea Control 489 – The Strategic Importance of NATO’s North Flank with Julian Pawlak →

By Jared Samuelson Journalist and author Robert Kolker joins the program to discuss his deep dive for The Atavist into the disaster at Honda Point, the U.S. Navy’s largest peacetime loss of ships. Robert is the author of the New York Times best-selling Lost Girls and Hidden Valley Road. He is a National Magazine Award … Continue reading Sea Control 488 – Disaster at Honda Point with Robert Kolker →

By Jared Samuelson Dr. Michael Verney joins the program to discuss his book, A Great and Rising Nation – Naval Exploration and Global Empire in the Early US Republic. Dr. Michael Verney is an Assistant Professor of History at Drury University. His work focuses on early U.S. naval exploration. He has published works on merchant, … Continue reading Sea Control 487 – Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Michael Verney →