Links1. "Artificial Waterways in International Water Law: An American Perspective," by Dr. Tamar Meshel, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, December 13, 20212. Sea Control 224 - Clashes at Sea with Dr. Sara Mitchell, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 24, 2021. 

Links1. "Identifying Central Carriers and Detecting Key Communities Within the Global Fish Transshipment Networks," by Gohar A. Petrossian, Bryce Barthuly, and Monique C. Sosnowski, Frontiers in Marine Science, March 31, 2022. 

Links1. "The War at Sea," by Dr. Seth Cropsey, RealClearDefense, April 18, 2022. 

The Bartlett Maritime Corporation intends to build a brand-new naval repair depot and submarine construction support facility, alongside potential repair shipyards in Lordstown and Lorain, Ohio. The ambitious project would build and use Oceangoing Transit Carriers to transport new submarine sub-modules and, eventually, complete submarines through the St. Lawrence Seaway. Host Matthew Hipple discusses the Lordstown-Lorain project w/ its entrepreneurial architect, CAPT Edward Bartlett. Relying on Ohio’s industrial revenue bond program and the Navy’s facility lease-purchase program, this public-private partnership would mobilize Unions, governments, school, and businesses across Northern Ohio. The financial mechanisms employed would eventually transfer ownership to the Navy of vital new industrial facilities and support craft deep w/in the Rust Belt, where skilled industrial labor is plentiful.

Links"Treating, Preventing, Feigning, Concealing: Sickness, Agency and the Medical Culture of the British Naval Seaman at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century," by Dr. Sara Caputo, Social History of Medicine, December 15, 2021. 

Links1. "The Silver Waterfall: How America Won the War in the Pacific at Midway," by Brendan Simms and Steven McGregor, PublicAffairs, May 17, 2022.2. "The Importance of the Battle of Midway," by Tom Hone, War on the Rocks, September 12, 2013.3. Battle of Midway - Naval History and Heritage Command.4. Steven McGregor website.5. Brendan Simms faculty profile.

Links1. "Don't Buy Warships (Yet)," by David Alman, Proceedings, June 2022.2. Sea Control 303: The Case for Seaplanes with David Alman, CIMSEC, December 19, 2021.3. “The Navy Needs More Firepower,” by T.X. Hammes, USNI Proceedings, January 20214. “From Sea to Sky,” by David Alman, CIMSEC December 10, 2019.5. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC, December 27, 2020.6. “DARPA Unveils Liberty Lifter Seaplane Concept,” Naval News, May 19, 2022.

To celebrate 200 episodes since our relaunch, we watched Top Gun: Maverick!! I'm joined by TOPGUN grad Graham Scarbro and retired Naval Aviatrix and Public Affairs Officer Sarah Higgins to capture all of our reactions to seeing Maverick on the Big Screen again 35 years later. Spoilers ahead!

Links:1. One Team, One Playground, Various Players: Maritime Security Approaches of European NATO Members, by Dr. Antoni Pienkos and Julian Pawlak, Fundacja im. Kazimierza Pułaskiego , 2022.2. National Security Strategy of the Republic of Poland 2020. 3. Poland's  Strategic Concept for Maritime Security (2017)4. The Defence Concept of the Republic of Poland, May 2017.  

Links1. Taiwan, Cross-strait Stability and European Security: Implications and Response Options, by Henry Boyd, Franz-Stefan Gady, Oskar Glaese, Meia Nouwens and Benjamin Schreer, International Institute for Strategic Studies, March 2022. 2. Sounds Strategic Podcast

Links:1. Rolling the Iron Dice: From Analytical Wargaming to the Cycle of Research, by Peter Perla, Web Ewell, Christopher Ma, Justin Peachey, Jeremy Sepinsky & Basil Tripsas, War on the Rocks, October 21, 2019. 2. Revitalizing Wargaming is Necessary to be Prepared for Future Wars, by Robert Work & Gen. Paul Selva, War on the Rocks, Dec. 8, 2015. 

Links1. "A New Framework for Understanding Chinese Gray Zone Tactics," by Bonny Lin, Cristina Garafola, et al. RAND Corporation, 2022. 2. "Gaining Competitive Advantage in the Gray Zone," by Lyle Morris, Michael Mazarr, et al. RAND Corporation, 2019.3. "Competing in the Gray Zone: Russian Tactics and Western Responses," by Stacie Pettyjohn and Becca Wasser, RAND Corporation, 2019. 4. CMSI China Maritime Report #1: "China's Third Sea Force, The People's Armed Forces Militia: Tethered to the PLA," by  Conor Kennedy and Andrew Erickson, U.S. Naval War College China Maritime Studies Institute, March 24, 2017. 5. Cristinagarafola.com.

Links: 1. Reconsidering Russian Maritime Warfare by Dr. Michael B. Peterson, CIMSEC, April 11, 2022.2. Russia Maritime Studies Institute

Links1. Maritime Security and the Western Indian Ocean's Militarization Dilemma, by Christian Bueger and Jan Stockbruegger, African Security Review, April 4, 2022. 2. Safe Seas

The celebration of CIMSEC's 10-year anniversary continues! Former presidents Sally DeBoer, Daniel Stefanus, and Director of Online Content Dmitry Filipoff join the podcast to celebrate the organization and reflect on their respective tenures.

Links1. “The Navy, In Black and White,” by CAPT John Cordle and LCDR Reuben Keith Green, USNI Proceedings, February 2022.2. “Revisiting the Navy’s Beard Policy, With an Eye Toward Inclusion,” by CAPT John Cordle, USNI Blog, July 22, 2021.3. “The Case for Renaming the USS John C. Stennis,” by LCDR Reuben Keith Green, USNI Proceedings, June 2020.4. “Shut Up and Listen: Leadership Means Listening,” by CAPT John Cordle, USNI Blog, August 10, 2017.5. “Study Finds Beard Waivers Slow Promotion, Mostly Affecting Black Airmen,” by Oriana Pawlyk, July 15, 2021.

Links1. "Laser incident near Australia paints China in a bad light," by Dr. Euan Graham, IISS, February 25, 2022.2. "US Department of Defense: Guam Laser Incident 'Unprofessional,' Violates 2014 Code," by Ankit Panda, The Diplomat, March 9, 2020.3. "US Navy: Chinese Destroyer Targeted P-8A Aircraft With Laser," by Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat, February 29, 2020. 

Links1. Adrift: The Curious Tale of the LEGO Lost at Sea, by Tracey Williams, with Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Mario Cacciottolo, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2022.

Links:1. The 1936 Montreux Convention.2. A Constitution for the Oceans. Remarks by Tommy Koh, President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. 3. The Russia-Ukraine Conflict, the Black Sea, and the Montreux Convention, by Mark Nevitt, Just Security, February 28, 2022.4. The Operational and Legal Risks of a No-Fly Zone over Ukrainian Skies, by Mark Nevitt, Just Security, March 10, 2022.

CIMSEC Presidents past and present Jimmy Drennan and Chris Stockdale, respectively, join the program to celebrate the organization's past and look to the future. This episode was edited and produced by Jonathan Selling.

Links1. "Winged Luddites: Aviators are the Biggest threat to Carrier Aviation," by Noah Spataro, Trevor Phillips-Levine and Andrew Tenbusch. War on the Rocks, January 10, 2022.2. "Regaining the High Ground at Sea: Transforming the Navy's Carrier Air Wing for Great Power Competition," by Bryan Clark, Adam Lemon, Peter Haynes, Kyle Libby and Gillian Evans. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 2018.3. "US Navy Fly Two Remotely Controlled EA-18G Growlers in Test Flights," by Graham Allison. UK Defense Journal, 5 February 2020. 4. "Midrats Episode 614: Big Navy vs Reconnaissance & Strike Capable Drones." USNI Blog, January 22, 2022. 5. "The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots," by Sue Halpern. The New Yorker, January 24, 2022.6. "The Future is Unmanned: Why the Navy's Next Generation Fighter Shouldn't Have a Pilot," by Walker Mills, Trevor Phillips-Levine and Dylan Phillips-Levine. CIMSEC, February 25, 2021.

Happy CIMSEC-versary!!! CIMSEC Founder Scott Cheney-Peters and original Sea Control host Matt Hipple join us to celebrate CIMSEC's 10-year anniversary and discuss the site's origins and evolution. This episode was edited and produced by Joshua Groover.

Links1. "Can't Sail Away from Cyber Attacks. 'Sea-Hacking' from Land," by Chris C. Demchak and Michael L. Thomas, War on the Rocks, October 15, 2021.2. "North Korean Jams GPS Signals to Fishing Boats: South," by Ian Wood and Stella Kim, NBC News, April 1, 2016.3. "Ships fooled in GPS spoofing attack suggest Russian cyberweapon," by David Hambling, NewScientist, August 10, 2017.4. "Iran's secret cyber files," by Deborah Haynes, SkyNews.

Links:1." Survival of the Richest, not the Fittest: How attempts to improve governance impact African small-scale marine fisheries," by Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood, Nelly I. Kadagi, Dyhia Belhabib, and Edward H. Allison, Marine Policy, Volume 135, January 2022.

Link: Promote maritime domain awareness through information sharing and capacity building,CRIMARIO, Expertise France, 2019. 

Link:Promote maritime domain awareness through information sharing and capacity building,CRIMARIO, Expertise France, 2019. 

Links1. Voices from the Shoreline: The Ancient and Ingenious Traditions of Coastal Fishing, by Mike Smylie, The History Press, November 1, 2021.2. Kipperland.

Links1. "Russia’s Blockade in the Sea of Asov: A Call for Relief Shipments for Mariupol," by Dr. Alexander Lott, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law, March 14, 2022.2. The Estonian Straits (International Straits of the World), by Alexander Lott, Brill - Nijhoff, April 5, 2018.3. "Implications of Hybrid Warfare for the Order of the Oceans," by Alexander Lott, CIMSEC, August 3, 2020.4. San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea, June 12, 1994.5. IMO Council decisions on Black Sea and Sea of Azov situation, March 11, 2022.6. Montreux Convention, July 20, 1936.

Links1. “UKR and Guerilla Naval Warfare,” by David Strachan, Strikepod Systems, March 15, 2022.2. "Ukraine: Estonian cargo ship sinks in the Black Sea," BBC, March 3, 2022.3. "Navy: Saudi Frigate Attacked by Unmanned Bomb Boat, Likely Iranian," by Sam LaGrone, USNI News, February 20, 2017.4. "What We Know and Don't Know About the Beirut Port Explosions," by Austin Ramzy and Elian Peltier, The New York Times, August 5, 2020.5. "Anatomy of a Drone Boat," Conflict Armament Research, December 2017.   

Links1. "The San Juan Island Boundary Dispute, 1859: Conditions for Peace and Dominance in a Very Gray Zone," by J. Overton, Small Wars Journal, October 19, 2017. 

Links1. "On Wide Seas," by Claude Berube, University of Alabama Press, 2021. 

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 the World Economy Bigger,” by Mark Levinson, Princeton University Press, 2008.3. “British Warship Collides With Russian Submarine, UK Defense Ministry Confirms,” Radio Free Europe, January 7, 2022.

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, by Philip J. Briggs, Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 16, No. 3, Spring 1990.3. Could a Kiwi Sailor's Northwest Passage Transit Break the Legal Ice Between Canada and the US?, by Cornell Overfield, lawfareblog, September 25, 1990.  4. The forgotten cruise of the SS Manhattan, by Jim Coogan, Cape Cod Times, September 1, 2009.  

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 Act Fast to Prevent Russia from Weaponizing Food Supply Chains," by Dr. Ian Ralby, Dr. David Soud and Rohini Ralby, Politico, February 27, 2022.3. I.R. Consilium.4. Putin hails $117.5 bln of China deal as Russia squares off with West, by Vladimir Soldatkin and Chen Aizhu, Reuters, February 4, 2022.5. China Welcomes Russian Oil Tankers with Alternative Payment Methods, by Chen Aizhu, Reuters, March 4, 2022.

Links1. The Svalbard treaty.

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 with Case Studies by Stephen Coleman, Oxford University Press, 2012.4. Online Courses by Dr. Deane-Peter Baker and Dr. David Whetham.

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 Walker Mills, CIMSEC, November 2019.3. “Where is the NECC?” by Walker Mills, Marine Corps Gazette, December 2019.4. “Preparing for the Future: Marine Corps Support to Joint Operations in the Contested Littorals,” by David Berger, Military Review, May 2021.5. “Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations Handbook: Considerations for Force Development and Employment,” June 1, 2018.6. “Tentative Manual for EABO,” US Marine Corps, 2020. 

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 Blanc sur la Défense et sécurité nationale 2013 ( French White book on National Defense and Security 2013).4. Actualisation stratégique 2021 (French strategic update 2021).

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 Blanc sur la Défense et sécurité nationale 2013 ( French White book on National Defense and Security 2013).4. Actualisation stratégique 2021 (French strategic update 2021).

Links1. “Better, Faster, Cheaper Ship Maintenance – Now!” by LTJG Artem Sherbinin, USN; LT Thomas Wester, USN; and CPT Richard Kuzma, USA, USNI Proceedings, January 2022.2. “A Fleet without a Rudder” by LTJG Artem Sherbinin, USNI Proceedings, October 2020.

Links1. "Dredging Up the Past," by Megan Milliken Biven, Current Affairs, May 25, 2020.

Links:Fish and Ships: Chinese Fishing and Europe’s Indo-Pacific Strategy by Dr. Frédéric Grare, European Council on Foreign Relations, 24 Aug 2021.

Links:Fish and Ships: Chinese Fishing and Europe’s Indo-Pacific Strategy by Dr. Frédéric Grare, European Council on Foreign Relations, 24 Aug 2021.

Links1. "‘Lightning Carriers’ Could be Lightweights in an Asian War” by Olli Suorsa and John Bradford, War on the Rocks, October 29, 2021.2. “Italian Air Force F-35B Lands on Navy Aircraft Carrier for the First Time,” by David Cenciotti, The Aviationist, November 22, 2021.3. “Thailand’s Maritime Strategy: National Resilience and Regional Cooperation,” by John Bradford and Wilfried A. Herrmann, The Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, December 13, 2021.

Master Chief (ret) Larry Nowell joins the program to discuss his Navy career, to include his time at TOPGUN and controlling fighters over Vietnam. This episode was edited and produced by Joshua Groover.

Master Chief (ret) Larry Nowell joins the program to discuss his Navy career, to include his time at Top Gun and controlling fighters over Vietnam. This episode was edited and produced by Joshua Groover.

Links:The United States Coast Guard: A Global Force for the Greater Good, by CAPT Dave Ramassini, USNI Blog, October 19, 2021. To Small to Answer the Call, by CAPT Dave Ramassini, Proceedings, May 2017. Build a Great White Fleet for the 21st Century, by CAPT Dave Ramassini, Proceedings, May 2018.

Links1. "The Anti-Submarine Warfare Component of China’s Sorties in Taiwain’s ADIZ," by Dr. Olli Pekka Suorsa, The Diplomat, November 4, 2021.