Links: 

China Maritime Report #52: Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Growing Complexity of

PLA Amphibious Exercises:

Direct link to China Maritime Report #52

China Maritime Studies Institute

CMSI Reports

LinkedIn

IngeniSPACE News Site

Bio: Jason Wang is a national security researcher and COO of ingeniSPACE, a Silicon Valley geointelligence analytics house. Marvin Bernardo is a PhD candidate at the National Jung ju University, Taiwan, and serves as a maritime domain analyst at ingeniSPACE.

Dr. Michał Piekarski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of International and Security Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Wrocław. His research focuses on national security issues, particularly hybrid threats, maritime security, and Poland’s strategic culture.

J. Overton is the co-host of the Sea Control podcast and edited the essay collection “Seapower by Other Means,” and is a member of the Military Writers Guild. 

Links -  

Hybrid Threats from Russia to NATO’s Littoral States on the Baltic Sea

Guardians of the North Atlantic: NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations in Turbulent Times

The Institute of International and Security Studies at the University of Wrocław

Bio: Lieutenant Colonel Bobby Fowler is the Provost Marshal at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and an operational planner with extensive experience in the Pacific Theater.

Seaforth World Naval Review 2026 Edited by Conrad Waters

Rae Baker is an expert in Maritime Intelligence, focused on hunting vessels and tracking elusive AIS signals in her role as Senior OSINT Analyst in Adversary Intelligence. Rae specializes in Human Targeting and Corporate Reconnaissance, utilizing her skills to chart illicit organizations. These practiced skills serve well in Rae’s volunteer positions with OSINT-oriented non-profits and speaking engagements at Recon Village; DEFCON, Shmoocon, and the Layer 8 conference. Further emphasis on her skills and knowledge can be demonstrated in the certifications and awards she’s achieved, including Associate of ISC2 (CISSP), SANS GOSI, AWS Solutions Architect, and Trace Labs OSINT CTF First Place Black Badge as well as the Most Valuable OSINT badge.

J. Overton is a co-host of the Sea Control podcast, editor of “Sea Power By Other Means,” and a member of the Military Writers Guild.

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Rae’s Web Site

DEEP DIVE: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence

Rae’s LinkedIn page

Ian T. Brown is a retired Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter pilot, with multiple deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Pacific throughout his career. He has written dozens of articles, reviews, and short stories on military history, military theory, future war, and wargaming, to include the book A New Conception of War: John Boyd, the U.S. Marines, and Maneuver Warfare (Marine Corps University Press, 2018), which was added to the Commandant of the Marine Corps' Professional Reading List in 2019 and remains on the list today. He has also contributed to or developed several commercial wargame designs, including the card game #Maneuver Warfare, published by the Dietz Foundation in 2025.

J. Overton is co-host of the Sea Control podcast and edited the essay collection “Seapower by Other Means: Naval Contributions to National Objectives Beyond Sea Control, Power Projection, and Traditional Service Missions.”

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Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals: John Boyd's Vision for Thriving in Chaos. 

New Conception of War 

Marine Corps University Press online order form (can be used for hard copies of all their books, including “New Conception of War” and “Snowmobiles”)

 #Maneuver Warfare card game: 

Links: 

https://thecultureshack.blog/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/updated-resilience-roadmap-

2.0-.pdf

https://blog.schee.info/2024/11/04/civil-defense-in-taiwan-its-not-just-one-or-two-groups/

https://blog.schee.info/2025/10/12/zero-based-mobilization-a-rapid-assessment-of-the-

recent-hualien-flood-disaster-and-the-modernization-of-taiwans-mobilization-systems/

https://blog.schee.info/2023/05/28/disinformation-is-an-information-environment-

problem/

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-10-27/taiwan-ham-radio-amateurs-

civil-defense

Bio: TH Schee is a Taiwanese tech entrepreneur, lecturer and policy advisor for civil defense,

licensed amateur radio operator, and search and rescue practitioner.

Thomas M. Duffy is a retired American diplomat and naval officer writing as an independent researcher. His interests are naval history and maritime strategy. Tom’s assignments over his 38-year overall career with the US Government included service aboard USS Cochrane (DDG-21) during the Tanker War and as a maritime strategist in the Pentagon with the US Navy’s Strategic Concepts Group (OP-603). After joining the Foreign Service, he served primarily in the Middle East, including as the first State Department Foreign Policy Advisor (POLAD) with the US FIFTH Fleet in Bahrain and as US Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Tom holds a BA in Government from Notre Dame and an MA in War Studies from King’s College, London. He is a graduate of the US Naval War College and taught about strategy at the US National War College.

J. Overton is co-host of the Sea Control podcast and edited the essay collection “Seapower by Other Means: Naval Contributions to National Objectives Beyond Sea Control, Power Projection, and Traditional Service Missions.”

Links -

Tanker War in the Gulf: Operation Earnest Will, Diplomacy and Seapower in Practice

Stop Phrasing Military Moves as ‘Deterrence’

Tom’s Linkedin page

Links

No paywall

“Erasing the American Global Military Footprint Won’t Make a Better World,” in Newsweek

“Five Recommendations for Left-of-Boom Security Assistance to Taiwan,”in War on the Rocks

“The Taiwan Question: Cross-Strait Relations and US Policy Past, Present, and Future,” virtual lecture for the Naval War College Foundation

Paywalled

“Muddied Waters: Freedom-of-Navigation Operations as Signals in the South China Sea,” in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

“New Imagined Geographies into Old Geobodies: Problems and Prospects for China and Taiwan in the South China Sea,” in Territory, Politics, Governance

“Security in the Asia-Pacific and Signaling at Sea,” in International Relations of the Asia-Pacific

Ross Hill is the founder and CEO of Insight Forward (IF), a Geopolitical Risk Intelligence advisory service specializing in corporate intelligence. He has over 15 years’ experience in public and private sector intelligence.

Dr. Treston Wheat is currently the Chief Geopolitical Officer with Insight Forward specializing in geopolitical risk and red teaming. Dr. Wheat is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he teaches intelligence analysis. 

J. Overton is co-host of the Sea Control podcast and edited the essay collection “Seapower by Other Means: Naval Contributions to National Objectives Beyond Sea Control, Power Projection, and Traditional Service Missions.”

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Insight Forward

Iran Escalation Scenario: What a humanitarian-framed intervention could mean for regional stability and corporate risk

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