Sea Control

Sea Control 327 - To Rule the Waves with Bruce Jones

Links1. “To Rule the Waves – How Control of the World’s Oceans Shapes the Fate of the Superpowers,” by Bruce D. Jones, Scribner, 2021.2. “The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and...

13 Mar 202232min

Sea Control 326 - The Futility of Arctic FONOPs with Cornell Overfield

Links:1. FONOP in Vain: The Legal Logics of a U.S. Navy FONOP in the Canadian or Russian Arctic, by Cornell Overfield, Arctic Yearbook, 20212. The "Polar Sea" Voyage and the Northwest Passage Dispute,...

10 Mar 202233min

Sea Control 325 - Ukraine is Not Enough with Dr. Ian Ralby

Links1. "Ukraine is Not Enough: Just the Beginning of Russia's Assault on the World," by Dr. Ian Ralby, Dr. David Soud and Rohini Ralby, Irconsilium.com, February 25, 2022.2. "Why the U.S. Needs to Ac...

7 Mar 202227min

Sea Control 324 - Mind the Svalbard Gap with Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan

Links1. The Svalbard treaty.

6 Mar 202229min

Sea Control 323 - Embrace the F-Word with CAPT (ret) Roger Herbert

Links1. “Embrace the F-Word” by CAPT Robert Herbert, USN (ret.), USNI Proceedings, January 2022.2. Call Sign Chaos by Jim Mattis and Bing West, Random House, 2019.3. Military Ethics: An Introduction ...

3 Mar 202236min

Sea Control 322 - The Role of Marine Infantry in EABO with Jeong Soo Kim

Links1. “Design the Littoral Combat Team Around Its Core Mission,” by Jeong Soo Kim, USNI Proceedings, November 2021.2. “Sacred Cows for What? Considering Force Structure Cuts to the Infantry,” by Wal...

28 Feb 202230min

Sea Control 321 - France's Changing Relations with China (French Version)

Links1. "L’éveil de la France au défi chinois," by Pierre Morcos, le Rubicon, January 11, 2022.2. "France's Shifting Relations with China," by Pierre Morcos, War on the Rocks, January 4, 2022.3. Livre...

24 Feb 202222min