Center for International Maritime Security Fostering the Discussion on Securing the Seas.
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Sea Control 572: Arms for Russia with Andrew Boydby Jonathan Selling on 9 May 2025 at 4:00 pm
By Jonathan Selling Author Andrew Boyd joins the podcast to discuss his book, Arms for Russia and the Naval War in the Arctic, 1941-1945. He discusses the importance of Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union and the importance of the Arctic route in supplying them. Andrew Boyd CMG, OBE, DPhil was educated at Britannia Royal Naval … Continue reading Sea Control 572: Arms for Russia with Andrew Boyd →
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War Without Surprises: Education for Command in the PLA Navyby Guest Author on 29 April 2025 at 10:00 am
This republication is adapted from “War without Surprises—Education for Command in the People’s Liberation Army Navy,” published by the Naval War College Review of the U.S. Naval War College. It is republished with permission. By Ryan D. Martinson Most analyses of Pacific scenarios have focused on the quantities and capabilities of the platforms that the … Continue reading War Without Surprises: Education for Command in the PLA Navy →
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The Caribbean Sea: A Strategic Area with Many US Allies and Partnersby Wilder Alejandro Sanchez on 28 April 2025 at 10:00 am
By Wilder Alejandro Sánchez Written by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, The Southern Tide addresses maritime security issues throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. It discusses the challenges regional navies face including limited defense budgets, inter-state tensions, and transnational crimes. It also examines how these challenges influence current and future defense strategies, platform acquisitions, and relations with global powers. In … Continue reading The Caribbean Sea: A Strategic Area with Many US Allies and Partners →
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NATO Naval Power Week Concludes on CIMSECby Dmitry Filipoff on 28 April 2025 at 9:30 am
By Dmitry Filipoff Last week CIMSEC featured articles submitted in response to our Call for Articles on NATO Naval Power. Authors explored a wide variety of themes and scenarios for the NATO alliance. How does NATO naval strategy evolve if the U.S. scales back its commitment and the Ukraine war rages on? How does the … Continue reading NATO Naval Power Week Concludes on CIMSEC →
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A Post-Mortem of the Red Sea Crisis: NATO versus the European Unionby Guest Author on 25 April 2025 at 10:00 am
NATO Naval Power Week By Anna Matilde Bassoli After more than a year of disrupted global trade, the Red Sea Crisis appears to have no end in sight. Rather, in a series of leaked messages, senior U.S. officials have cast doubts over U.S. involvement and “having to bail Europe out again.” However, while frustration on … Continue reading A Post-Mortem of the Red Sea Crisis: NATO versus the European Union →
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Strengthening Unity of Effort in the Atlantic: Lessons from Wargamingby Guest Author on 24 April 2025 at 10:00 am
NATO Naval Power Week By Walter Berbrick and Terence Nicholas Based on our experience designing and analyzing recent Naval War College wargames in the Euro-Atlantic theater, U.S. and NATO maritime forces face several challenges in maintaining readiness, enhancing lethality, and accelerating decision-making—core priorities underscored by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The North Atlantic and High … Continue reading Strengthening Unity of Effort in the Atlantic: Lessons from Wargaming →
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Sea Control 571: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrisonby Guest Author on 23 April 2025 at 11:00 am
By Brian Kerg Scholars Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison join the program to discuss their recent book, Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order. Their book discusses the making of the Taiwanese nation, which sees itself as a state and a homeland in its own right, despite having not achieved formal international … Continue reading Sea Control 571: Revolutionary Taiwan with Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison →
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French Maritime Strategy – Carrier-Led and Indo-Pacific Focusedby Guest Author on 23 April 2025 at 10:00 am
NATO Naval Power Week By David Scott French maritime strategy has been on full public display with the deployment of the French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) from November 2024 to April 2025, carrying out an extended deployment across the Indo-Pacific in the furthest ever Operation Clemenceau. The French Carrier Strike Group included various components: FS … Continue reading French Maritime Strategy – Carrier-Led and Indo-Pacific Focused →
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Keeping America Engaged: Three Possibilities for European Naviesby Guest Author on 23 April 2025 at 9:30 am
NATO Naval Power Week By Michael D. Purzycki Introduction For the next several years, European security is likely to appear less prominent within United States foreign policy. Even if the U.S. remains militarily present in Europe and the North Atlantic, it may demand some form of financial compensation for doing so, as evidenced by the … Continue reading Keeping America Engaged: Three Possibilities for European Navies →
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The Case for a Baltic SNMG-3: Developing Regional NATO Forces at Seaby Guest Author on 22 April 2025 at 10:00 am
NATO Naval Power Week By Steinar Torset and Ian Bowers Despite significant and ongoing losses suffered as a result of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia remains a significant threat to NATO members. As NATO restructures to address this new reality, NATO’s naval forces must also restructure to both exploit NATO’s enlargement and better address … Continue reading The Case for a Baltic SNMG-3: Developing Regional NATO Forces at Sea →
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Maritime Security on NATO’s Southern Flank: The Case for a Spanish Coast Guardby Guest Author on 22 April 2025 at 9:30 am
NATO Naval Power Week By Gonzalo Vázquez Introduction With the return of great power competition and the prospects for a highly-contested maritime space in the Euro-Atlantic area, NATO will be called to play a more active role at sea to preserve stability and freedom of navigation. The protection of maritime commerce and critical undersea infrastructure, … Continue reading Maritime Security on NATO’s Southern Flank: The Case for a Spanish Coast Guard →
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Parting Ways: A NATO Naval Strategy Without Americaby Guest Author on 21 April 2025 at 10:00 am
NATO Naval Power Week By CDR Paul Viscovich, USN (Ret.) In this era of increasing danger, great power competition, and uncertain loyalties, the time has come for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to declare its independence. As at the time of its founding, NATO’s strategic adversary is Russia. But unlike during the Cold War, the … Continue reading Parting Ways: A NATO Naval Strategy Without America →
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NATO Naval Power Week Kicks Off on CIMSECby Dmitry Filipoff on 21 April 2025 at 9:30 am
By Dmitry Filipoff This week CIMSEC will feature articles submitted in response to our Call for Articles on NATO Naval Power. NATO finds itself at an inflection point as U.S. commitment to the alliance is in doubt while the war in Ukraine rages on. The maritime dimension of NATO’s security deserves to be extensively reevaluated … Continue reading NATO Naval Power Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC →
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An Unmanned Hellscape Needs a 21st Century Hephaestusby Guest Author on 15 April 2025 at 10:00 am
By Scott Humr Introduction To understand the future, it is helpful to consider the past. Greek mythology can offer rich parallels to modern military technologies and concepts. Recent conceptions about the defense of Taiwan from a Chinese invasion through a “hellscape” of unmanned systems harkens to the mythical robot Talos to protect the island of Crete. … Continue reading An Unmanned Hellscape Needs a 21st Century Hephaestus →
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Why Do Nations Voluntarily Limit Their Jurisdictional Reach Over Stateless Vessels?by Guest Author on 14 April 2025 at 10:00 am
A version of this piece was originally featured by the U.S. Naval War College’s Stockton Center for International Law under the title, “Rudderless and Adrift: States’ Unwarranted Timidity Respecting Stateless Vessels.” By Andrew Norris Despite the fact that the oceans are extensively used for contraband smuggling, including narcotics, there is not a correspondingly robust legal … Continue reading Why Do Nations Voluntarily Limit Their Jurisdictional Reach Over Stateless Vessels? →
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Sea Control 570: Brent Jurmu on Equipping the Marine Reconnaissance Battalion Nowby Guest Author on 11 April 2025 at 10:00 am
By Brian Kerg Major Brent Jurmu joins Brian Kerg to discuss his article, “Equip the Mobile Reconnaissance Battalion Now.” Jurmu discusses how to adapt Marine reconnaissance platforms and units. Download Sea Control 570: Brent Jurmu on Equipping the Marine Reconnaissance Battalion Now Links 1. “Equip the Mobile Reconnaissance Battalion Now More than a new platform,” … Continue reading Sea Control 570: Brent Jurmu on Equipping the Marine Reconnaissance Battalion Now →
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Break China’s Grip on Shipping with the Multilateral Maritime Allianceby Guest Author on 9 April 2025 at 10:00 am
By Blaine Worthington The United States has a shipping problem and everybody knows it. From combatant commands to congress and maritime security outlets to the White House, everyone is talking about America’s lack of maritime capacity.1 America, it seems, is waking up to its maritime problem and is ready to roll up its sleeves and … Continue reading Break China’s Grip on Shipping with the Multilateral Maritime Alliance →
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Sea Control 569: Dr. Peter Luebke on the U.S. Navy and Innovationby Guest Author on 2 April 2025 at 10:00 am
By J. Overton Dr. Peter Luebke from the Naval History and Heritage Command joins the program to discuss the NHHC essay collection he edited titled, The U.S. Navy and Innovation: Twentieth-Century Case Studies. Peter C. Luebke is a historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command. There he has worked on several projects, including Naval … Continue reading Sea Control 569: Dr. Peter Luebke on the U.S. Navy and Innovation →
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Sea Control 568: Jennifer Parker on an Australian Coast Guardby Jonathan Selling on 31 March 2025 at 10:00 am
By Jonathan Selling Jennifer Parker joins the program to discuss her paper, “Time for an Australian Coast Guard.” She discusses how maritime security is currently handled in Australia and how the addition of a dedicated Coast Guard would be benefit Australia. Download Sea Control 568 – Jennifer Parker on an Australian Coast Guard Links 1. … Continue reading Sea Control 568: Jennifer Parker on an Australian Coast Guard →
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Sea Control 567: E-2 Hawkeyes Over the Red Sea with LCDR Nathan Sawyerby Walker Mills on 19 March 2025 at 10:00 am
By Walker Mills LCDR Nathan Sawyer joins the podcast to discuss his article in USNI Proceedings, “Beyond Tactics: How the Hawkeye Proved the Power of Adaptability in the Red Sea.” They discuss the role of the E-2 Hawkeye, and the importance of adaptability and leadership afloat. Download Sea Control 567: E-2 Hawkeyes Over the Red … Continue reading Sea Control 567: E-2 Hawkeyes Over the Red Sea with LCDR Nathan Sawyer →
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Navy Force Planning with a Pertinacious Marine Corpsby Guest Author on 17 March 2025 at 10:00 am
By Bruce Stubbs “A requirement is a requirement, pure and simple.” —Lieutenant General Karsten Heckl, USMC “One man’s requirement is like another man’s wish.” —Admiral Frank B. Kelso II, USN (retired) A Team of Rivals The United States Marine Corps has an outsized effect on Navy force planning. While the Navy and the Marines exhibit … Continue reading Navy Force Planning with a Pertinacious Marine Corps →
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Applying Black Sea Combat Lessons to DMO in the Western Pacificby Guest Author on 11 March 2025 at 10:00 am
By LtCol James M. Jackson Introduction In 2027, Task Force Blade, a U.S. Naval (USN) task force in the Western Pacific, attempts to neutralize a People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLAN) force through Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO). By dispersing its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, Littoral Combat Ships, and Virginia-class submarines across the Philippine Sea and strategic … Continue reading Applying Black Sea Combat Lessons to DMO in the Western Pacific →
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Sea Control 566: No One Should Think the War Will be Short with CDR Justin Cobbby Walker Mills on 11 March 2025 at 9:30 am
By Walker Mills Commander Justin Cobb, a Maritime Fires Officer with Carrier Strike Group 11, joins the program to his recent article, “No One Should Think the War Will be Short.” Justin’s article was recently published in USNI Proceedings and won their Future of Naval Warfare Essay Contest. It discussed why a conflict between the … Continue reading Sea Control 566: No One Should Think the War Will be Short with CDR Justin Cobb →
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On Wider Seas: Italian Naval Deployments and Maritime Outreach to the Indo-Pacificby Guest Author on 5 March 2025 at 11:00 am
By David Scott The Italian Navy deployed in force to the Indo-Pacific in the second half of 2024, sending a Carrier Strike Group comprised of the aircraft carrier ITS Cavour and frigate ITS Alpino, along with the independent deployments of ITS Raimondo Montecuccoli and ITS Amerigo Vespucci. These deployments, which represented various firsts for Italy, … Continue reading On Wider Seas: Italian Naval Deployments and Maritime Outreach to the Indo-Pacific →
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Sea Control 565 – General Bartholomees on the Army’s Contribution to Deterring Chinaby Walker Mills on 25 February 2025 at 11:00 am
By Walker Mills Major General James B. Bartholomees III, Chief of Staff of U.S. Army Pacific, joins the program to discuss his recent CIMSEC article, “Land Force Integration: The Army’s Contribution to Deterring China.” The discussion also covers the Army’s new Multi-Domain Task Forces (MDTF) and what the U.S. Army is doing in the Indo-Pacific. … Continue reading Sea Control 565 – General Bartholomees on the Army’s Contribution to Deterring China →
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Thinking Together, Winning Together: The USNA Warfighter-Centered Design Challengeby Guest Author on 18 February 2025 at 11:00 am
By Commander Ken Maroon, Jered Heimingway, Lyla Englehorn, and Lieutenant Commander Adam Johnson Last summer, the academy hosted its second Naval Academy Warfighter-Centered Design (WCD) Challenge in partnership with the Naval Research and Development Establishment (NR&DE), and Naval Warfare Studies Institute (NWSI) at Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to capture the talent and creativity of its … Continue reading Thinking Together, Winning Together: The USNA Warfighter-Centered Design Challenge →
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Call for Articles: NATO Naval Power and Maritime Securityby Dmitry Filipoff on 17 February 2025 at 12:00 pm
Articles Due: March 31, 2025 Series Dates: April 21-25, 2025 Article Length: 1,500-3,000 words Send To: [email protected]. By Dmitry Filipoff The NATO alliance is facing an inflection point as the U.S. reconsiders its commitments. NATO navies must envision alternative futures where they may have to take on a much greater share of their collective defense. As … Continue reading Call for Articles: NATO Naval Power and Maritime Security →
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Sea Control 564 – Canoes, Rivers, and more with Scot McFarlaneby Guest Author on 17 February 2025 at 11:00 am
By J. Overton Historian Scot McFarlane joins the program to discuss the role of the canoe in warfare. He discusses the advantages the canoe provided in colonial America as well as the continued uses of canoes in warfare today. Scot McFarlane is a river historian and founder of the Oxbow History Company. Download Sea Control … Continue reading Sea Control 564 – Canoes, Rivers, and more with Scot McFarlane →
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Sea Control 563 – Red Sea Combat with CDR Brian C. Sánchezby Jonathan Selling on 15 February 2025 at 11:00 am
By Jonathan Selling Commander Brian Sánchez joins the program to talk about his time commanding the USS Gravely in the Red Sea. He discuss the engagements the ship took part in as part of its deployment, including the CIWS engagement on January 30th and the “Battle of the BAM” on January 9th. Download Sea Control … Continue reading Sea Control 563 – Red Sea Combat with CDR Brian C. Sánchez →
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Sea Control 562 – Rendered Obsolete with Dr. Jamie Jonesby Jared Samuelson on 14 February 2025 at 8:00 pm
By Jared Samuelson Dr. Jamie L. Jones joins the program to discuss her book, Rendered Obsolete – Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling. Jamie L. Jones is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research explores the historic pivot in energy use in the … Continue reading Sea Control 562 – Rendered Obsolete with Dr. Jamie Jones →