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.

Links -

Rae’s Web Site

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

Rae’s LinkedIn page

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 -

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: 

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.

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

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

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.”

Links -

Insight Forward

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

Pestle and Mortar newsletter

Boardroom Statecraft

Steve’s website 

“The Last Navigator: A Young Man, and Ancient Mariner, the Secrets of the Sea” 

The Last Navigator documentary

Steve’s lecture at the US Naval Academy

1. Elsa Kania's LinkedIn profile.

1."The Trump-class Battleship: Spectacle Wins Out over Combat Power," by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, January 8, 2026.

2. "Want of Frigates: Why Is It So Hard For America to Buy Small Surface Combatants?" by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, December 1, 2025.

3. "Atlantic Bastion: The Future of Anti-Submarine Warfare," by Emma Salisbury, Foreign Policy Research Institute, August 11, 2025.

4. Emma Salisbury FPRI page.

1. "For 250 years, it’s been ‘change or lose’ for our military. Here’s what needs changing now," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Defense One, June 22, 2025.

2. "Change or Lose: Past and Future War Lessons on 250th Birthday of the US Army and US Marine Corps," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Youtube, November 10, 2025.

3. "Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group," by Brian Kerg, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2025.

4. "Kill It or Fix It: Why Marine Corps Information Warfare Has Failed After a Decade of MIGs," by Dan Burns, Information Professionals Association, August 20, 2025.

5. "Killing the MIG is the Last Thing We Should Do," by Colonel Ray Gerber, USMC (Ret.), Information Professionals Association, September 7, 2025.

6. "Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups," by Ben Jensen and Ian Fletcher, War on the Rocks, October 13, 2025.

1. “Bases on the Aleutians Islands Would Project Power Across the Pacific,” by Steven Hulse, Proceedings, January 2025. 

1. "Maritime Statecraft and its Future," by Steve Brock and Hunter Stires, CIMSEC, October 21, 2025.

2. "SECNAV Del Toro Calls for a New, Bold Maritime Statecraft in Era of Intense Strategic Competition," Department of the Navy, September 23, 2023. 

“Carrier 2.0: The Drone Carrier Revolution,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, December 28, 2024. 

“Damn the Torpedoes: The Return of Naval Mining,” by Colton Byers, War Quants, January 31, 2025. 

1. Non-state Special Operations: Capabilities and Effects, Ian Rice and Craig Whiteside, Routledge, 2025.

2. The Isis Reader Substack.

3. @CraigAWhiteside on X.

4. @craigwhiteside@bsky.social on BlueSky.

5. Craig Whiteside personal site and publications.

2. Irregular Warfare Initiative.

3. Pieter Zhao LinkedIn.

4. Pieter Zhao BlueSky.

5. Pieter Zhao Contact Page.

1. Elaine Helm Linkedin.

1. "What Moral Leadership Looks Like," by William Spears, CIMSEC, July 16, 2025. 

2. Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy: Insights on the Morality of Military Service, by William Spears, Casemate, 2025.

3. William Spears website.

1. "What Imperial Germany Teaches About China’s Naval Basing Ambitions," by Chuck Ridgway, Proceedings, May 2025.

1. Sebastian Bae Twitter.

1. Dr Ronald C. Po profile.

2. Shaping the Blue Dragon Maritime China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, by Ronald Po, Liverpool University Press, 2024.

3. Dr. Xing Hang on the Zheng regime in Taiwan.

4. Dr. Ling-wei Kung  on the Manchu's maritime awareness prior to establishing their capital in Beijing

Garibaldi: Invention of a Hero (Yale University Press, 2007), by Lucy Riall. 

Enrico Acciai with a more long-term history of Garibaldi's legacy in the terms of war volunteering

Maurizio Isabella providing a good summary of histories of Italy in the nineteenth-century

David Sims with using a "follow the money" approach to Irish nationalism in the same time period

And finally some background on the nineteenth-century Mediterranean

1. "Partnering Will Determine the First Days of Conflict in the Western Pacific," by Ben Van Horrick, Proceedings, December 2024.

2. "Resolute Dragon: Reassurance, Deterrence, and a Call for Coordination," by Bill Matory and Ben Van Horrick, War on the Rocks, December 6, 2023.

1. Chinese Amphibious Warfare, edited by Andrew Erickson, et al., Naval War College, China Maritime Studies Institute, 2024.

2. China Maritime Studies Institute homepage. 

3. Dr. Andrew Erickson's homepage.

4. "Invasion Plans: Operation Causeway and Taiwan’s Defense in World War II," by Ian Easton, China Maritime Studies Institute, Naval War College, 2024. 

4. China's New Navy: The Evolution of the PLAN from the People's Revolution to a 21st Century Cold War, by Xiaobing Li, USNI Press, 2023.

5. Mao's Army Goes to Sea, by Toshi Yoshihara, Georgetown University Press, 2023.

6. Andrew Erickson's Twitter.

Dr. Andrew S. Erickson is Professor of Strategy (tenured full professor) in the U.S. Naval War College (NWC)’s China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI). A core founding member, he helped establish CMSI and stand it up officially in 2006, and has played an integral role in its development; from 2021–23 he served as Research Director. Erickson is currently a Visiting Scholar in full-time residence at Harvard University’s John King Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, where he has been an Associate in Research since 2008. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Institute of Maritime Policy & Strategy’s International Advisory Committee, and the Japan-America Society of Southern New England and Japan-America Navy Friendship Association (JANAFA)-Newport’s Board of Directors. Erickson serves on the editorial boards of Naval War College Review and Asia Policy and is a Contributing Editor at 19FortyFive.

Twitter

1. Reconceptualizing War, by Ben Zweibelson, Helion & Company, 2025.

2. Understanding the Military Design Movement, by Ben Zweibelson, Routledge, 2024.

3. Beyond the Pale: Designing Military Decision-Making Anew, by Ben Zweibelson, Air University Press, 2023.

4. War Becoming Phantasmal: A Cognitive Shift in Organized Violence beyond Traditional Limits, by Ben Zweibelson, Marine Corps University Press, May 2024.

5. "Breaking the Newtonian Fetish," by Ben Zweibelson, Journal of Advanced Military Studies, Vol. 15. No. 1.

1. Sea Control 379: Pacific Wars 1864-1897 with Dr. Tommy Jamison

2. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895: Perceptions, Power and Primacy, by SCM Paine, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 

3. The Pacific’s New Navies: An Ocean, It’s Wars and the Making of US Sea Power, by Tommy Jamison, Cambridge University Press, 2024. 

4. Tommy Jamison Linkedin.

2."From 'Flooded Meadow' to Maritime Hotspot: Keeping the Baltic Sea Free, Open, and Interconnected," by Sebastian Bruns, Carnegie Endowment, December 20, 2023.

3. Sea Control 548 – Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean with Dr. Sebastian Bruns & Dr. Jeremy Stöhs, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 21, 2024.

4. Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University.

1. "Diplomacy for Better Stand-In Force Access in Japan," by Daniel Hough, Proceedings, September 2024.

Links:

1. Artics fevers, Limes, Feb 2019 https://www.limesonline.com/rivista/la-febbre-dell-artico-14632937/ 

2. Artico: attacco al Mediterraneo? Da Taiwan a Gibilterra - Le Giornate del Mare 2024 a Roma, Limes, Nov 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRDmb2EsHA 

Italian

La Battaglia per l’Artico: Il Grande Nord sfida il Mediterraneo – Nuova Guerra Fredda o Terra di
Nessuno?

Federico Petroni si unisce al programma per discutere di geopolitica artica. Federico Petroni è un analista geopolitico di Limes, la rivista italiana di geopolitica, e coordinatore della Scuola di Limes. Questo episodio è stato montato e prodotto da Alexia Bouallagui. È il primo episodio di una serie pensata per approfondire la ricerca sulla sicurezza marittima italiana.

Links:

1. La febbre dell’Artico, Limes, febbraio 2019
   https://www.limesonline.com/rivista/la-febbre-dell-artico-14632937/
2. Artico: attacco al Mediterraneo? Da Taiwan a Gibilterra - Le Giornate del Mare 2024 a Roma, Limes, Nov 2024
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRDmb2EsHA

1. Arms for Russia and the Naval War in the Arctic, 1941-1945, by Andrew Boyd, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2024.

2. Andrew Boyd Twitter.

1. Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order, by Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison, Cambria, 2024.

2. Taiwan's 400 Year History: Anniversary Edition, by Su Beng, 施朝暉, 2017.

3. Catherine Lila Cho Twitter account.

4. Mark Harrison Twitter account.

1. "Equip the Mobile Reconnaissance Battalion Now More than a new platform," by Maj Brent Jurmu, Capt Brandon Klewicki, and Maj Matthew Tweedy, Marine Corps Gazette, May 2024.

 1. The U.S. Navy and Innovation: Twentieth-Century Case Studies, edited by Peter C. Luebke, U.S. Navy History and Heritage Command, September 2024.

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.”

1. "Time for an Australian Coast Guard," by Jennifer Parker, Australian Naval Institute, November 2024.

2. Twitter: JAParker29

3. Jennifer Parker personal website.

1. “Beyond Tactics: How the Hawkeye Proved the Power of Adaptability in the Red Sea,” by Nathan Sawyer, USNI Proceedings, October 2024. 

2. Nathan Sawyer Linkedin profile. 

“No One Should Think the War Will be Short” by Justin Cobb, USNI Proceedings (September 2024). 

“Kill ‘em all? Denial Strategies, Defense Planning and Deterrence Failure,” by Evan Montgomery, War on the Rocks (September 2020). 

Bio: 

Commander Justin Cobb is the maritime fires officer with Carrier Strike Group 11. A rotary-wing aviator, he previously served as the commanding officer of the Helicopter Training Squadron 18 Vigilant Eagles at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, Florida. A graduate of the Joint Forces Staff College, he conducted his joint tour at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Mons, Belgium, where he was the lead action officer on the NATO joint command-and-control concept. 

Linkedin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinmcobb1310/

1. “Land Force Integration: The Army’s Contribution to Deterring China,” by James B. Bartholomees III, CIMSEC November 20, 2024.

1. Scot McFarlane, "The Canoe," American Historical Association.

1. CNO's NAVPLAN.

2. CNO NAVPLAN 1-page primer.

3. Project 33 1-page primer.

1. Rendered Obsolete - Energy Culture and the Afterlife of US Whaling, by Jamie L. Jones, University of North Carolina Press, 2023. 

2. Jamie L. Jones Twitter handle.

1. “Why We Fight” podcast series Spotify catalogue. 

2. “Mother of Tanks” official site.

3. “Mother of Tanks” Twitter account.

1. Near and Far Waters: The Geopolitics of Seapower by Colin Flint, Stanford University Press, 2024. 

2. Seapower: A Guide for the Twenty-First Century by Geoffrey Till, 4th Edition, Routledge, 2018.

3. Dr. Colin Flint Utah State University page.

1. "The Illogic of Naval Forward Presence," by Jonathan Panter, Columbia Academic Commons, 2024.

2. Jonathan Panter Linkedin page.

1. "The Proliferation of Drones in Naval Warfare," by Tuneer Mukherjee, ORF, July 16, 2024.

2. "Sea Control 422: Artificial Intelligence in Naval Operations with Tuneer Mukherjee," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, March 26, 2023.

3. Tuneer Mukherjee biography, Observer Research Foundation.

4. Tuneer Mukherjee biography, Stimson Center.

1. “Operational Tripolitan,” by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, December 13, 2019. 

2. Volunteer for CIMSEC.

3. Write for CIMSEC. 

Mentioned Podcasts (in order): 

4. Sea Control 380: Underwriters of the United States with Dr. Hannah Farber.

5. Sea Control 460: Hulks of the Hamoaze with Emma Haddon.

6. Sea Control 269: General David Berger, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.

7. Sea Control 219: Admiral Karl Schultz, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.

8. Sea Control 169: Larry Bond and Sebastian Bruns on Harpoon, Red Storm Rising and Tom Clancy.

9. Sea Control 440: The Wager with David Grann.

10. Sea Control 20: Byan McGrath on Maritime Strategy.

11. Sea Control 260: The Best Defense is a Good Offense with ENS Kara Dowling.

12. Sea Control 203: A Near Miss with LTJG (ret.) Ken Sanger.

13. Sea Control 256: Reporting From the Sea with Ian Urbina.

Sea Control 169 – Larry Bond and Sebastian Bruns on Harpoon, Red Storm Rising, and Tom Clancy

1. "Infantry Battalions as Sensor Webs for the Fleet," by Major Zachary Schwartz, Proceedings, September 2024.

2. The Connecting File website.

1. Knowledge Exchanges Between Portugal and Europe: Maritime Diplomacy, Espionage, and Nautical Science in the Early Modern World (15th-17th Centuries), by Nuno Vila-Santa, Amsterdam University Press, 2024. 

Sea Control 353 – The Medical Culture of the British Seaman with Dr. Sara Caputo

Sea Control 527 – The Wide Wide Sea with Hampton Sides

Bio: Sara is Director of Studies in History, History and Politics, and History and Modern Languages, Magdalene College. 

Twitter: @SarCaputo

1. "Why Diego Garcia Matters," by Nitya Labh, Foreign Policy, May 30, 2024.

1. Chamber Divers – The Untold Story of the D-Day Scientists Who Changed Special Operations Forever, by Rachel Lance, Dutton, 2024.
2. Rachel Lance 

Twitter: @UnderwaterLance

This episode was edited by Andrew Frame.

C. Travis Reese, et al. “Trends in Maritime Challenges Indicate Force Design 2030 is the Proper Path,” War on the Rocks (January 29, 2024). 

“Force Design 2030,” Headquarters US Marine Corps, (March 2020). 

“Force Design 2030: Annual Update,” Headquarters US Marine Corps, (June 2023). 

Bios: 

C. Travis Reese retired from the Marine Corps after nearly 21 years of service. While on active duty he served in a variety of billets including tours in capabilities development, future scenario design, and institutional strategy. Mr. Reese is now the director of wargaming and net assessment for Troika Solutions in Reston, VA.

Ian T. Brown recently retired from the Marine Corps after 20 years of service. He frequently writes (and wargames) on modern and future war concepts. Ian currently works as a wargame analyst in the private sector.

Zach Ota is an infantry officer and an international affairs officer in the Marine Corps. LtCol Ota is also a non-resident fellow at the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Future Warfare who advances issues involving maritime security, alliances and partnerships, and military history in the Pacific. LtCol Ota currently serves as a future operations planner at U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific.

Travis Hord is an infantry officer. LtCol Hord contributed to future concept and capability development while assigned as a planner at the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory.

Leo Spaeder is the commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 12 in Okinawa, Japan and a non-resident fellow at Marine Corps University’s Brute Krulak Center for Innovation & Future Warfare. In previous assignments, LtCol Spaeder participated in scenario design and capability development related to Force Design 2030. 

Brian Strom is an intelligence officer in the Marine Corps. Major Strom currently serves as the Marine Corps Forces Pacific Target Intelligence Officer and as part of the U.S. Pacific Fleet staff.

Twitter:

@CTReese2

@MAGTravF

@zach_ota

@ian_tb03

@WDMills1992

@PHLexpat

1. The Royal Navy in the Cold War Years, 1966-1990; Retreat and Revival, by Edward Hampshire, Naval Institute Press, 2024.

1. "Mare Nostrum Revisited: Maritime Competition in the Mediterranean," by Dr. Jeremy Stöhs and Dr. Sebastian Bruns, War on the Rocks, June 13, 2024.

1. "What The Wild Sea Can Be – The Future of the World’s Ocean," by Helen Scales, Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024. 

2. Sea Control 246 – Beyond Static Spatial Management with Dr. Guillermo Ortuño Crespo and Andrea Galassi, CIMSEC, May 2, 2021.

1. The War for England’s Shores: S-Boats and the Fight Against British Coastal Convoys, by G.H. Bennett, US Naval Institute Press, 2023. 

1. "Improvised Partnerships: U.S. Joint Operations in the Mexican-American War," by Nathan A. Jennings, Joint Force Quarterly 105, April 14, 2022. 

2. "D-Day Veracruz, 1847 – A Grand Design," by Paul C. Clark, Jr. and Edward H. Moseley, National Defense University, 1996. 

3. Sea Control 510 – The Fortress Fleet with Lt Col Nathan Jennings, PhD, CIMSEC, April 13, 2024.

Twitter: @thehistoriann

1.  Preventing Incidents at Sea: The History of the INCSEA Concept, by David F. Winkler, Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, 2008.

1. Ready to Dive – Five Decades of Adventure in the Abyss, by Curt Newport, Purdue University Press, 2024.

1. The Globe and Anchor Men: U.S. Marines and American Manhood in the Great War Era, by Mark Ryland Folse, University of Kansas Press, 2024. 

2. Sea Control 287 - Small Wars and More with Dr. Mark Folse, CIMSEC, October 24, 2021. 

3. Contested Valor: African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest and Tokenism, by Cameron D. McCoy, University Press of Kansas, October 2023.

1. Normandy - The Sailors’ Story: A Naval History of D-Day and the Battle for France, by Nick Hewitt, Yale University Press, 2024.   

1. The Australasian Journal of Maritime Archaeology.

1. “Dragons in the West: Chinese Communist Party Threats in Europe and the Imperative of a Strategic Pivot,” by Joanna Siekiera, Irregular Warfare Initiative, February 27, 2024. 

2. 21st Century as the Pacific Century: Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition, edited by Joanna Siekiera, Wydawnictwa Uiwersytetu Warszawskiego, 2023.

3. Sea Control 501: Multilateral Approaches to Maritime Security in Oceania with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, March 10, 2024. 

4. Sea Control 255: Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, June 3, 2021. 

5. #Brutecast S7 E01: European Security and China with Dr. Joanna Siekiera, The Krulak Center, July 16, 2023.

1. "Influences behind the development of South Korea’s shipbuilding industry from the 1960s to the 2000s," by Dongkeun Lee, Marine Policy, September 2024. 

1. Tom Clancy Act of Defiance, by Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, May 21, 2024. 

1. "NATO’s Navies at 75: Operational Imperatives to Watch," by Joshua Tallis, Proceedings, April 2024.

2. Sea Control 197 – Naval Great Power Competition with Dr. Joshua Tallis and Hunter Stires, CIMSEC, August 30, 2020.

3. Sea Control 250 – Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Strategy, CIMSEC, May 16, 2021.

4. Sea Control 408 – NATO’s Maritime Future with Dr. Joshua Tallis, CIMSEC, January 29, 2023.

1. "Exploiting the Water: Naval Involvement in UN Peacekeeping," by Ian Bowers, in UN Peacekeeping Doctrine in a New Era, Taylor & Francis, 2017. 

2. Sea Control 231 – Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger, CIMSEC, March 11, 2021.

3. "A First Time for Everything: The United Nations Maritime Task Force in Lebanon," by David Van Dyk, CIMSEC, March 25, 2019. 

1. Coalition Navies During the Korean War: Understanding Combined Operations, edited by Ian Bowers, Routledge, 2024.
2. Sea Control 231 – Not So Disruptive After All with Dr. Ian Bowers and Dr. Sarah Kirchberger,  CIMSEC, March 11, 2021.

1. Girt By Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security, by Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis, La Trobe University Press, 2024.

2. Sea Control 430 - Australian Constabulary Missions with Sean Andrews, CIMSEC, May 11, 2023.

3. Sea Control 508 - Australian Capabilities in the Littoral with Jennifer Parker and Peter Jones, CIMSEC, April 6, 2024.

4. Statecraftiness: Mapping Competition, Cooperation, and Coercion in the Pacific Islands.

1. The Creole Archipelago: Race and Borders in the Colonial Caribbean, by Tessa Murphy, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.

2. Sea Control 227 – Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean with Dr. Sharika Crawford, CIMSEC, February 15, 2021.

3. Sea Control 505 - Pirates of the Slave Trade with Dr. Angela Sutton, CIMSEC, March 28, 2024.

4. Captives of Conquest - Slavery in the Early Modern Spanish Caribbean, by Erin Woodruff Stone, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021.

5. Soldiers, Sugar and Seapower - The British Expeditions to the West Indies and the War Against Revolutionary France, by Michael Duffy, Oxford University Press, 1987.

1. "From Atalanta to Aspides : Old and New Challenges for EU Maritime Operations," P. Barlucchi, Istituto Affari Internazionali, March 2024.

1. China’s Blue Economy: Evolution and Geostrategic Implications, by Kathleen A. Walsh, CRC Press, 2024.

1. The Wide Wide Sea - Imperial Ambition, First Contact, and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, April 9, 2024.

2. In the Kingdom of Ice - The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette, by Hampton Sides, Penguin Random House, May 26, 2015.

3. Hampton Sides website.

1. CIMSEC author page of Wilder Alejandro Sanchez.

2. Second Floor Strategies.

3. “Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, January 24, 2023.

4. “TIAR 21: Maritime Security, the TIAR, and IUU Fishing in the Western Hemisphere,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, October 16, 2020. 

5. Twitter: @W_Alex_Sanchez.

1. CIMSEC author page of Wilder Alejandro Sanchez.

2. Second Floor Strategies.

3. “Hospital Ships: A Vital Asset for SOUTHCOM and South American Navies,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, January 24, 2023.

4. “TIAR 21: Maritime Security, the TIAR, and IUU Fishing in the Western Hemisphere,” by Wilder Alejandro Sanchez, CIMSEC, October 16, 2020. 

5. Twitter: @W_Alex_Sanchez.

1. The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare, by Abraham Rabinovich, Primary Publishing, April 24, 2013.   

2. Abraham Rabinovich's website. 

1. The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare, by Abraham Rabinovich, Primary Publishing, April 24, 2013.   

2. Abraham Rabinovich's website. 

1. "Mayday in Magellan; Leadership Lessons on Flooded HMS Endurance," by Tom Sharpe, Wavell Room, December 16, 2018. 

1. "Mayday in Magellan; Leadership Lessons on Flooded HMS Endurance," by Tom Sharpe, Wavell Room, December 16, 2018. 

2. "Sea Control 440 - The Wager with David Grann," CIMSEC, June 29, 2023. 

1. Witness to Neptune’s Inferno: The Pacific War Diary of Lieutenant Commander Lloyd M. Mustin, USS Atlanta (CL 51), by David F. Winkler, Casemate, 2024.

1.  NATO and the Baltic Approaches, 1949-1989 – When Perception was Reality, by Peter Bogason, Walter De Gruyter GmbH, 2023.

2. Peter Bogason

1. “It is ticklish meddling with the navy”: The British navy and Caribbean contraband trade, c. 1713–1750, by Ryan Mewett, International Journal of Maritime History, December 10, 2023.

1. Understanding Maritime Security, by Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds, Oxford University Press, May 31, 2024.
2. Sea Control 196 – Blue Crime with Professor Christian Bueger, CIMSEC, August 23, 2020.
3. Sea Control 251 – Undersea, Out of Mind with Dr. Christian Bueger and Dr. Tobias Liebetrau, CIMSEC, May 20, 2021.
4. Sea Control 344 – The Western Indian Ocean’s Militarization Dilemma,CIMSEC, May 12, 2022.
5. Sea Control 225 - IUU Fishing and the Evolution of Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude Berube, CIMSEC, January 31, 2021.

1. The US Navy and its Cold War Alliances, 1945-1953, by Corbin Williamson, University of Kansas Press, 2020. 

1. "The New Age of Naval Power," by Alessio Patalano, TIME, March 5, 2024.  

Understanding Ethiopia’s port deal with Somaliland and its geopolitical implications, by Samir Bhattacharya, ORFOnline, January 25, 2024. 

1.  To Upgun Seapower in the Indo-Pacific, You Need an Army, By Gen Charles Flynn and Lieutenant Colonel Tim Devine, US Naval Institute Proceedings, February 2024.
2. Fire and Fortitude: The U.S. Army in the Pacific, 1941-1943, by John C. McManus, Dutton Caliber, July 30, 2019.
3. Island Infernos: The U.S. Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944, by John C. McManus, Dutton Caliber, November 9, 2021.
4. Sea Control 181 - The "Amphibious" 8th in the Pacific War, CIMSEC, June 7, 2020.
5. Sea Control 269 - USMC Commandant General David Berger on Force Design, CIMSEC, August 20, 2021. 

1. “Europe’s Marines in the Future European Littoral Operating Environment,” by Sidharth Kaushal, War on the Rocks, February 5, 2024. 

2. “Amphibious Futures: The Royal Marines in Contested New Operating Environments,” by Sidharth Kaushal and Mark Totten, RUSI, January 9, 2024. 

3. Sea Control 423: The First Unmanned Raid on Sevastopol with Dr. Sidharth Kaushal, CIMSEC, March 30, 2023. 

1. Cornish Wrecking 1700-1860 – Reality and Popular Myth, by Cathryn Pearce, The Boydell Press, 2010.  

1. "The Army and the Fortress Fleet: Reimagining Landpower in Maritime Warfare," by Nathan Jennings, Modern War Institute, March 5, 2024.

2. "To Upgun Seapower in the Indo-Pacific, You Need an Army," by General Charles Flynn and Lieutenant Colonel Tim Devine, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, February 2024.

1. Sri Lanka’s evolving role in the Indian Ocean, by Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Observer Research Foundation, January 24, 2024. 

2. Sea Control 283 - Maritime Sri Lanka and Japan with Dr. Satoru Nagao, CIMSEC, October 10, 2021. 

3. Sea Control 234 - Maritime Sri Lanka with Dr. Chulanee Attanayake and Dr. Jivanta Schöttli, CIMSEC, March 21, 2021. 

4. ORF Online.

1. "Australian Naval Capabilities in the Littoral: Past, Present and into the Future," by Jennifer Parker and Peter Jones, The Australian Naval Institute, December 6, 2023. 

2. Sea Control 198 - Australian Amphibious Capabilities with Col Kim Gilfillan, CIMSEC, September 6, 2020. 

3. Sea Control 472 - Littoral Security with Dr. Prakash Gopal, CIMSEC, October 19, 2023. 

4. Saltwater Strategists podcast.

1. Islamic Law and International Law: Peaceful Resolution of Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell, Oxford University Press, 2022

2. The Peaceful Resolution of Territorial & Maritime Disputes, by Emilia Justyna Powell and Krista E. Wiegand, Oxford University Press, 2023

3. "Ghosts of Kosovo: A Test for International Criminal Law in the Balkans", by Michael Atkins, The Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, January 2022

4. "Regulations Usher in Era of Cleaner Emissions at Sea", by Michael Atkins, American Bar Association, Environmental Enforcement and Crimes, April 20,2022

5. Sea Control 461 - Peaceful Resolution of Territorial and Maritime Disputes with Dr. Emilia Justyna Powell and Dr. Krista Wiegand, by Nathan Miller, CIMSEC, September 10, 2023

1. "What Wargames Really Reveal: Outcomes Matter Less Than Who Pays and Who Plays," by Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, December 26, 2023.  

2. Stanford University Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative.

1. Pirates of the Slave Trade – The Battle of Cape Lopez and the Birth of an American Institution, by Angela C. Sutton, Prometheus Books, 2023. 

2. Angela Sutton's Website

1. “Assessment of Chinese Maritime Interests in Indian Ocean Region,” by Commodore Venugopal Vengalil, Chennai Centre for China Studies, December 7, 2023.

2. Commodore Venugopal Vengali’s X Feed.

1. British Special Service Squadron.

2. National Museum of the Royal Navy.

1. "Wartime Command and Control," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), Proceedings, January 2024.

2. Sea Control 254 - Defining Readiness with Admiral Scott Swift (ret.), CIMSEC, May 28, 2021.

3. "Admiral Scott Swift on Leadership, Risk, and a Life in the U.S. Navy," by Christopher Nelson, CIMSEC, August 14, 2017.

4.The American Sea Power Project.

5. "To deter China, the US and Taiwan should seek asymmetric symmetry," by Admiral Scott Swift (ret.) Heino Klinck, Defense News, January 25, 2024. 

1. 21st Century as the Pacific Century – Culture and Security of Oceania States in Great Power Competition, edited by Joanna Siekiera, University of Warsaw Press, 2023. 

2. Sea Control 255 - Littoral Access Companies with Zach Ota, CIMSEC, June 3, 2021. 

3. Sea Control 304 -France in the Pacific, CIMSEC, December 23, 2021.

4. Sea Control 333 - CRIMARIO: France, the EU and the Indo-Pacific, CIMSEC, April 3, 2022. 

5. Island Soldier

1. “The United Kingdom’s Indo-Pacific Engagement,” by Peter Chalk, War on the Rocks, November 30, 2023. 

1.  Seapower by Other Means, edited by J. Overton, ISPK Seapower Series, 2023. 

2. Sea Control 487 - Naval Exploration and Global Empire with Dr. Michael Verney, CIMSEC, December 28, 2023. 

3. Dr. Katrina Ponti

1. The Academy - A Dan Lenson Novel, by David Poyer, St. Martin's Press, December 2023. 

2. Poyer.com.

1. “Citizen Sailors: The Missing link in Maritime Force Structure,” by Joshua Taylor and Scott Humphrey, War on the Rocks, November 15, 2023. 

2. “The U.S. Navy Needs Its Own Bonds to Be Ready for China,” by Joshua Taylor, Foreign Policy, November 5, 2021. 

1.  Naval Presence and the Interwar US Navy and Marine Corps, Forward Deployment, Crisis Response, and the Tyranny of History, by Benjamin Armstrong, Routledge, 2024.

2. Sea Control 239 - Things Done By Halves with Dr. BJ Armstrong, CIMSEC, April 11, 2021. 

3. Sea Control 311  - Developing the Naval Mind with BJ Armstrong and John Freymann, CIMSEC, January 20, 2022. 

4. Sea Control 209 - Learning War with Trent Hone and Sebastian Goldstein, CIMSEC, November 1, 2020. 

5. Military Innovation in the Interwar Period, by William Murray and Allan Reed Millett (eds), Cambridge University Press, August 13, 1998.

1. “Cocaine Codfish: How the War on Drugs Can Inform the Fight Against Illegal Fishing,” by Aaron Delano-Johnson, War on the Rocks (October 16, 2023). 

2. “A Plan to Push Back Against China’s Fishing Practices” by Aaron Delano-Johnson and Chris Bernotavicus, War on the Rocks (December 2, 2022). 

3. Sea Control 219: USCG Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, CIMSEC (December 27, 2020). 

4. Sea Control 256: Reporting From the Sea With Ian Urbina, CIMSEC (June 6, 2021). 

5. The Outlaw Ocean Project

6. “Memorandum on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Associated Labor Abuses,” The White House (June 27, 2022). 

7. “Future IUU Fishing Trends in a Warming World: A global Horizon Scan,” by Lauren Young, Cathy Haenlein and Grace Evans, Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) March 1, 2023.

8. Move the IUU Fight Up the Food Chain,” by Conor Sullivan, USNI Proceedings (November 2023). 

1. A Global Force for Good: Sea Services Humanitarian Operations in the Twenty-First Century, by John Sherwood, Naval History and Heritage Command, September 2023.

Navigating security challenges in West Africa, by Ebunoluwa George Ojo-Ami, International Security Journal, August 9, 2023. 

1. “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Vessels,” by Michael Knickerbocker, War on the Rocks, January 3, 2024

2. “Trashing Energy Needs: A Cast for Expanded Plasma Gasification Use by the US Military,” by Michael Knickerbocker, The Defense Post, October 23, 2023.

3. “Episode 101: UUVs: Underwater Drones and Seabed Warfare,” by The Red Line Podcast, August 8, 2023. 

4. “Sea Control 426: “Every Ship A SAG” with Lt Kyle Cregge,” by Andrea Howard, CIMSEC, April 13, 2023.

5. “Autonomous Pickets for Force Protection and Fleet Missile Defense,” by Walker D. mills, CIMSEC, May 8, 2019.

 Islamic Law of the Sea – Freedom of Navigation and Passage Rights in Islamic Thought, Cambridge University Press, April 2019. 

1. Collective Defence and Bastion: The Strategic Importance of NATO’s Northern Flank, by Julian Pawlak, German Institute for Defence and Strategic Studies, March 2022.

1. "Dead Reckoning," by Robert Kolker, The Atavist Magazine, No. 142, August 2023. 

2. Robert Kolker's official website.

1. The Frontier Sea: The Napoleonic Wars in the Adriatic, by Dave Watson, Balkan Military History, 2023.
2. Balkan Military History 

1. USS LST-325 Ship Memorial Website.
2. Bringing Back a Hero, by Robert D. Jornlin, Jornlin Farm, 2014.

1. The Transformation of Maritime Professions: Old and New Jobs in European Shipping Industries, 1850-2000, edited by Karel Davids and Joost Schokkenbroek, Palgrave MacMillan, 2023.

1. An Honorable Place in American Air Power:” Civil Air Patrol Operations, 1942-1943 by Frank Blazich, Air University Press, 2020.

2. Civil Air Patrol Air Force Auxiliary website.

1. Logistics interdiction for Taiwan Unification Campaigns, by Jacob Maywald, Benjamin Hazen, Edward Salo, and Michael Hugos, War on the Rocks, August 21, 2023.

1. Ethnographic and lived experience of cold-water immersion: The compromised survival of women at sea due to ill-fitting immersion suits. by Rosemary Ricciardelli and Heather Carnahan, Journal of Maritime Research, February 6, 2023

1. "Aides Are More than Bag Carriers," by Major Lauren Serrano, Proceedings, July 2023.

1. “On Understanding the Naval War,” by Thord Are Iversen, Reports by T.A. Iversen, October 5, 2023.

2. Reports by T.A. Iversen.

1. Ideologies of Western Naval Power, c. 1500-1815, edited by J.D. Davies, Alan James, Gijs Rommelse,Routledge, 2019.

1. The Titanic and the City of Widows It Left Behind – The Forgotten Victims of the Fatal Voyage, by Julie Cook, Pen and Sword History, April 6, 2020.

1. Red Star Over the Pacific: China’s Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy, second edition, by Toshi Yoshihara and James Holmes, USNI Books, 2018. 

2. Mao’s Army Goes to Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China’s Navy, by Toshi Yoshihara, Georgetown University Press, 2022. 

3. "China’s Lessons from the Pacific War and Implications for Future Warfighting," by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, March 22, 2023. 

4. "China as a Composite Land-Sea Power: A Geostrategic Concept Revisited," by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, January 6, 2021.

5. "How China has Overtaken Japan in Naval Power and Why It Matters," by Toshi Yoshihara, CIMSEC, June 22, 2020.

6. "Assessing the Military Balance in the Western Pacific with Dr. Toshi Yoshihara," by Cris Lee, CIMSEC, November 5, 2018.

7. Sea Control 288: Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan with Tom Shugart, CIMSEC, October 28, 2021. 

"AUKUS: When naval procurement drives grand strategy," by Dr. Jonathan Caverley, International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis, September 2023. 

1. Power Up: Leadership, Character, and Conflict Beyond the Superhero Multiverse, edited by Steven Leonard, Jonathan Klug, Kelsey Cipolla and Jon Niccum, Casemate, 2023.

1. (Re)Learning Old Tricks: The Royal Navy’s Coastal Forces Squadron, by Richard Skelton and Andrew Young, RUSI, July 6, 2023.   
2. Sea Control 421 - Uncommon Courage: Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War 2 with Julia Jones, CIMSEC, March 23, 2023.
3. Sea Control 458 - Destroyer Diplomacy with Dr. Jayne Friend, CIMSEC, August 31, 2023.
4. Sea Control 421 - Uncommon Courage: Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War 2 with Julia Jones, CIMSEC, March 23, 2023.

"The Underwater Environment and European Defence and Security," edited by Elio Calcagno and Alessandro Marrone, Istituto Affari Internazionali, June 13, 2023. 

1. "The Navy’s Study-Abroad Programs Need Better Variety," by Natalie Schirmacher, Proceedings, February 2023.

1. Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare From the First World War to the Present Day, by Michael E. Glynn, Frontline Books, May 15, 2022.
2. Fighter Combat - Tactics and Maneuvering, by Robert Shaw, United States Naval Institute Press, 1985.

1. "A Strait Too Far: How a Deliberate Campaigning Approach in the Pacific Can Make Beijing Think Twice," by Benjamin Van Horrick, War on the Rocks, June 5, 2023.
2. "Creating a Sea Change: TF 76/3, Adaptation, Experimentation, and the Joint Force," by Steven Bancroft and Benjamin Van Horrick, Modern War Institute, March 1, 2023.
3. "The Complicated Legacy of Jean Larteguy's "The Centurions" and America's Post-9/11 Wars," by Benjamin Van Horrick, Modern War Institute, August 30, 2023.
4. The Chinese Invasion Threat, by Ian Easton, Eastbridge Books, April 2019.

1. The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare, by James Kraska, Pete Pedrozo, et al., International Law Studies, U.S. Naval War College, 2023.
2. "Radioactive Tsunamis: Nuclear Torpedo Drones and Their Legality in War," by Pete Pedrozo, CIMSEC, September 4, 2023.
3. San Remo Manual on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea.

1. Ecosystems of the Mediterranean Sea: A Photographic Dive, by Daniel Abed-Navandi and Georg Glaeser, Springer, 2023.

1. "Yet another wayward archipelago," by Hans Faber, Frisia Coast Trail, April 4, 2021.

1. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Bow-Crossing," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 17, 2023.

2. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Blocking," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 18, 2023.

3. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Cable-Cutting," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 25, 2023.

4. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Ramming," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  July 30, 2023.

5. "Gray Zone Tactics Playbook: Water Cannoning," by Gaute Friis, SeaLight,  August 6, 2023.

6. "SeaLight."

1. willsofrin.com.
2. All Hands on Deck, by Will Sofrin, Abrams Press, 2023.

1. The Ocean and Us, edited by Farah Obaidullah, Springer Cham, 2023.
2. Sea Control 294 - EU Fisheries Governance with Dr. Alin Kadfak and Dr. Anna Antonova, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 18, 2021.
3. Sea Control 225 - IUU Fishing and the Evolution of Sea Shepherd with Dr. Claude Berube, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, January 31, 2021.
4. Sea Control 192 - IUU Fishing and Fishing Policy in the South China Sea, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 2, 2020.
5. Farah Obaidullah’s Twitter.
6. Rebecca Hubbard’s Twitter.

1. The Philippine Pact, by Claude Berube, Milford House, 2023.
2. "The Maritime Story Missing in 'Civilian Warriors,'" by Claude Berube, CIMSEC, December 17, 2013. 

1. “Looking Back to Look Forward: Autonomous Systems, Military Revolutions, and the Importance of Cost,” by Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia McDonald, Journal of Strategic Studies, January 24, 2023.

2. “Does Technology Win Wars?” by Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, March 3, 2023.

1. “Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Investing In the Future,” by David Alman, War on the Rocks, October 25, 2022.
2. “Sea Control 394: Powering EABO,” with Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, CIMSEC, December 4, 2022.
3. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, by Daniel Yergin, Free Press, 2008.
4. Oil & War: How the Deadly Struggle for Fuel in World War II Meant Victory or Defeat, by Robert Gorlaski and Russel W. Freeburg, Marine Corps University Press, 2021.
5. “The Promise of Hydrogen: An Alternative Fuel at the Intersection of Climate Policy and Lethality,” by Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, Modern War Institute, December 27, 2021.
6. “Need Fuel? Marines Should Make Moonshine Hydrogen,” by Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, USNI Proceedings, November 2021.

1. “White Hulls in the North: The Case for Tapping Unused Federal Resources in the Arctic,” by Kristen M. Heiserman and Ryan Burke, Modern Warfare Institute, December 12, 2022.
2. “Bridging the Gap: How the United States Can Immediately Address It’s Arctic Capability Limitations,” by Adrienne Hopper and Ryan Burke, Modern Warfare Institute, June 22, 2022.
3. National Strategy for the Arctic Region, the White House, October 2022.
4. Sea Control 250: Dr. Joshua Tallis on Arctic Security, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, May 16, 2021.
5. “Why the US is Losing the Race for the Arctic and What to Do About It,” by Josh Caldon, CIMSEC, April 13, 2023.
6. U.S. Air Force Academy Institute for Future Conflict.
7. Modern Warfare Institute Project 6633.
8. Dr. Ryan Burke, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

1. "Neptune’s Commandments: Invented Traditions and the Formation of USS Alabama (BB-60) as an Imagined Community," by Heather M. Hanley, International Journal of Naval History, December 30, 2020.

1. Mastering the Art of Command – Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Victory in the Pacific by Trent Hone, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022.  

1. "Drone Swarms and Amphibious Operations," by Zachary Kallenborn, Small Wars Journal, May 30, 2023. 

1. In Deepest Secrecy: Dutch Submarine Espionage Operations from 1968 to 1991, by Jaime Karreman, Naviesworldwide.com, October 1, 2018.
2. marineschepen.nl.

1. "Going Asymmetric: How Ukraine is Keeping Russia at Bay in the Black Sea," by Charles Rahr, Center for Maritime Strategy, May 25, 2023.

1. "Protecting Indian Ocean submarine cables: Exploring Australia-India cooperation," by Dr. Pooja Bhatt, ORF Online, June 1, 2023. 

1. "Fake Signals and American Insurance: How a Dark Fleet Moves Russian Oil," by Christiaan Triebert, Blacki Migliozzi, Alexander Cardia, Muyi Xiao, and David Botti, The New York Times, May 30, 2023.
2. Sea Control 380 - Underwriters of the United States with Dr. Hannah Farber, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 15, 2022.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann, Doubleday, April 18, 2023.

1. "To Make The Navy Ready to Strike': The Fantastic Voyage of USS Oregon," by Dr. Heather M. Haley, The Sextant, Naval History and Heritage Command, February 27, 2023. 

1. "Litigation as Statecraft: Small States and the Law of the Sea," Douglas Guilfoyle, British Yearbook of International Law, May 30, 2023.
2. Sea Control 178 - Lawfare at Sea with Dr. Jill Goldenziel, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, May 26, 2020.
3. Sea Control 224 - Clashes at Sea with Dr. Sara Mitchell, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 24, 2021.
4. Sea Control 213 - U.S. and Chinese South China Sea Legal Strategies with Dr. Krista Wiegand, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 29, 2020.
5. Sea Control 267 - Resolving Diego Garcia with Chirayu Thakkar, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 8, 2021.
6. Dr. Douglas Guilfoyle’s Twitter Feed.

1. "Kaliningrad: Impregnable Fortress or ‘Russian Alamo?,’" by Dr. Steve Wills, CNA, May 15, 2023.
2. Sea Control 211 - Bursting A2/AD Bubbles with Robert Dalsjӧ & Michael Jonsson, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 15, 2020.
3. Sea Control 168 - Operation Albion with Dr. Bruce Gudmundsson and Tim Powledge, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, April 13, 2020. 

1. Fighting in the Dark – Naval Combat at Night, 1904-1944, edited by Vincent P. O’Hara and Trent Hone, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2023.
2. Sea Control 209 - Learning War with Trent Hone & Sebastian Goldstein, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 1, 2020.
3. Trent Hone’s Twitter Feed.

 Agreement Reached to Advance High Seas Treaty, The High Seas Alliance, March 4, 2023. 

1. "Could Indonesia legally stop transit by nuclear-powered AUKUS subs? by Dita Liliansa, The Interpreter, March 21, 2023.
2. "The Strategic Littoral Geography of Southeast Asia," by Pete McPhail, Arthur Speyer, Bret Rodgers, Steve Ostrosky, Jesse Burns, and Dan Marquis, CIMSEC, June 4, 2020.
3. Dita Liliansa's Twitter Feed.

1. Navigating Breakup: Security Realities of Freezing Politics and Thawing Landscapes in the Arctic, edited by Karsten Friis, Elana Wilson Rowe, Mike Sfraga, and Ulf Sverdrup, with Pavel K. Baev, Troy J. Bouffard, Marc Lanteigne, Marisol Maddox and Jan-Gunnar Winther, The Wilson Center and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, January 2023.
2. Marisol Maddox’s Twitter Feed.

1. Shantyboats and Roustabouts – The River Poor of St. Louis, 1875-1930, Gregg Andrews, LSU Press, 2022.

1. Working Boats – An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft, Tom Crestodina, Sasquatch Books, 2022.

1. Sea Power by Other Means: Naval Contributions to National Objectives Beyond Sea Control, Power Projection, and Traditional Service Missions, edited by J. Overton, Nomos, 2023.
2. Sean Andrews’ Twitter Feed.

1. "A New Black Sea Strategy for a New Black Sea Reality," Luke Coffey and Can Kaspoğlu, Hudson Institute, February 21, 2023.
2. Sea Control 180 - Narrow Seas: The Black Sea with Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges (ret.), Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, May 31, 2020.
3. Sea Control 295 — Russia's Caspian Flotilla with MIDN 1/C Benoit Gorgemans, Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 21, 2021.
4. Sea Control 339 - The Montreux Convention with Mark Nevitt, Marie Williams, CIMSEC, April 24, 2022.
5. Sea Control 355 - The War at Sea with Dr. Seth Cropsey, Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, June 19, 2022.

1. “Enhanced Loran,” Sherman Lo and Benjamin Peterson, Stanford University, August 3, 2016.
2. "Could AI-Fueled Amateur Radio Rebuild Loran-C?,” John Konrad, K5HIP (gCaptain,) February 18, 2023.
3. Ham Radio Crash Course Website.
4. "Cyber Threats Prompt Return of Radio for Ship Navigation,” Jonathan Saul, K5HIP (gCaptain,) August 7, 2017.
5. "eLORAN: a terrestrial alternative to GPS,” Jeff Sherpard, Microcontroller Tips, October 26, 2020.
6. "Let the Coast Guard Operate eLORAN" David W. Zenkel, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, June 2021.
7. "LORAN-C Infrastructure & E-LORAN," Gps.gov, November 15, 2019.

1. "Naval Power, Merchant Fleets, and the Impact of Conflict on Trade," Nizan Feldman and Mark Shipton, Security Studies, December 8, 2022.
2. Nizan Feldman’s Twitter Feed.

1. “Every Ship a SAG and the LUSV Imperative,” Kyle Cregge, CIMSEC, March 2, 2023.
2. Sea Control 215 – Bluetech: Gateway to the Undersea “Internet of Things," by Andrea Howard, CIMSEC, December 9, 2020.
3. “20 Years of Naval Trends Guarantee a FY23 Shipbuilding Plan Failure,” Matthew Hipple, CIMSEC, May 9, 2022.
4. “The Age of American Naval Dominance is Over,” Jerry Hendrix, The Atlantic, March 13, 2023.

1. “The Swedish Navy in NATO: Opportunities and Challenges,” Dr. Sebastian Bruns, CIMSEC, January 11, 2023.
2. Dr. Sebastian Bruns Twitter Feed.

1. "Ukraine’s Uncrewed Raid on Sevastopol and the Future of War at Sea," by Dr. Sidharth Kaushal, RUSI, February 2, 2023. 

1. “Securing the maritime commons: The role of artificial intelligence in naval operation,”  Tuneer Mukherjee, Observer Research Foundation, July 16, 2018.
2. Tuneer Mukherjee Twitter Feed.
3. “Ethical Robots in Warfare,” Ronald C. Arkin, IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, March 16, 2009.

1. Uncommon Courage – The Yachtsmen Volunteers of World War II, by Julia Jones, Bloomsbury,  2022.

1. The Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation (CMAC), Texas A&M University.
2. “How a Grad Student Resurrected an Ancient Naval Weapon Not Seen in 1,500 Years,” Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, January 31, 2023.
3. Stephen DeCasien Website.
4. Stephen DeCasien Twitter.

1. USS Constitution Museum.
2. USS Constitution U.S. Navy Website.
3. "Conning the Constitution," Chris Peters, CIMSEC, September 3, 2012.
4. "Sea Control 153: USS Constitution with Angry Staff Officer and Dr. Claude Berube," Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 20, 2020.
5. A Call to the Sea: Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution, Claude Berube and John Rodgaard, Potomac Books, 2006.

1. "The 2022 Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation: Mobilization, Maritime Law and Socio-Economic Warfare," Dr. Olga R. Chiriac, CIMSEC, November 28, 2022.

1. "African Navies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives," edited by Timothy Stapleton, Taylor & Francis, November 2022. 

1. "The Navy Should Take More Academics to Sea," Blake Herzinger, Proceedings, January 2023.
2. "A Sea Ride With Australia’s Indo-Pacific Endeavour,” Bec Strating, Lowy Institute, June 2019.
3. "Australian Pilots Hit With Lasers During Indo-Pacific Exercise", Euam Graham, The Strategist, May 2019.
4. "Sea Control 361 - Carrier Killers with Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, July 10, 2022.
5. "Sea Control 391 - Indo-Pacific Maritime Hour with Blake Herzinger & Jimmy Drennan," CIMSEC, November 19, 2022.
6. Blake Herzinger American Enterprise Institute Profile.

1. "Tankers For the Pacific Fight: A Crisis in Capability," by Stephen M. Carmel, CIMSEC, January 23, 2023.

1. Antarctica: A History in 100 Objects by Jean de Pomereu and Daniella McCahey, Conway, 2022.

Seafarers’ Wages Bill: Are Good Intentions Enough? by Dr. Zoumpoulia Amaxilati, The Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law (IISTL) Blog, December 7, 2022.

1. “Mutiny and Ice: The 1908 Journey of the S. S. Ohio from Seattle to Nome,” by David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, December 18, 2022.

1. "NATO’s Maritime Vigilance: Optimizing the Standing Naval Force for the Future," by Dr. Joshua Tallis, War on the Rocks, December 15, 2022.

1. "Applying Lessons of the Naval War in Ukraine for a Potential War with China," by Brent Sadler, The Heritage Foundation, January 5, 2023. 

1. "The Seeds of Wilsonianism," Mark Benbow, C-SPAN, October 27, 2006.
2. Mark Benbow Marymount University profile.
3. "U.S. Participation in the Great War (World War I)," Library of Congress.
4. Woodrow Wilson House.
5. Woodrow Wilson's Wars: The Making of America's First Modern Commander-in-Chief, by Mark Benbow, Naval Institute Press, 2022.

1. "The Sea Corporation," by Robert Anderson, SSRN, August 8, 2022.
2. Sea Control 380 - Underwriters of the United States with Dr. Hannah Farber, CIMSEC, September 15, 2022. 

1. "Fire on the Water: China, America and the Future of the Pacific, 2nd Edition," by Robert Haddick, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022.
2 “Which ships will be combatants in the Taiwan Strait?” by Robert Haddick, Lawfire, October 7, 2022.
3. "Sea Control 401 - Defeat China's Navy, Defeat China's War Plan with Robert Haddick," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 5, 2023.
4. "Defeat China’s Navy, Defeat China’s War Plan," by Robert Haddick, War on the Rocks, September 21, 2022.
5. Robert Haddick biography.

1. Cats in the Navy by Scot Christenson, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022.
2. "Cats in the Sea Services," by Scot Christenson, Naval History Magazine, Vol 35, Number 1, February 2021. 

1. Autumn of Our Discontent: Fall 1949 and the Crises in American National Security, by John M. Curatola, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022.
2. "US Atomic War Plans, 1945-1950," with John Curatola, CSPAN, May 3, 2016.
3. "The True Origins of the Cold War," with John Curatola, From Balloons to Drones, September 3, 2022.
4. John Curatola biography page at the National World War II Museum.

1. "Defeat China’s Navy, Defeat China’s War Plan," by Robert Haddick, War on the Rocks, September 21, 2022.
2. "Michèle Flournoy testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on DOD’s role in the competition with China," January 15, 2020.
3. "Fire on the Water: China, America and the Future of the Pacific, 2nd Edition," by Robert Haddick, U.S. Naval Institute Press, 2022. 

1. "Article 51 of UNCLOS at 40: Military Training as Other Legitimate Activities?" by Arron Honniball and Aristyo Darmawan, Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy, December 16, 2022. 

1. "Hedging with Humility: Reassessing China's Power Projection Capabilities Against Taiwan," by Collin Fox, Trevor Phillips-Levine, and Kyle Cregge, War on the Rocks, September 1, 2022.
2. “Amateur Hour Part I: The Chinese Invasion of Taiwan,” by Mike Pietrucha, War on the Rocks, May 18, 2022.
3. Sea Control 288: Chinese Civilian Shipping and the Threat to Taiwan With Tom Shugart, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, October 28, 2021.
4. “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2021,” US Department of Defense.
5. “Civilian Shipping: ferrying the People’s Liberation Army Ashore,” by Michael Dahm and Connor M. Kennedy, CIMSEC, September 9, 2021.
6. “The Porcupine in No Man’s Sea: Arming Taiwan for Sea Denial,” by Collin Fox, CIMSEC, August 4, 2021.

1. "Of a titan, winds and power: Transnational development of the icebreaker, 1890-1954," by Aaro Sahri and Saara Matala, International Journal of Maritime History, Dec. 9, 2021.

1. "Protecting Non-State Actors’ Interests at Sea: Judicial Responses to the Silence of UNCLOS," by Marianthi Pappa and Chiara Pavesi, ASCOMARE Yearbook on the Law of the Sea, Volume 1, pg. 95-128, Luglio Editore, 2022.

1. "Relative Dominance: Russian Naval Power in the Black Sea," by Dr. Daniel Fiott, War on the Rocks, November 9, 2022.
2. "The 2022 Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation: Mobilization, Maritime Law, and Socio-Economic Warfare," by Olga R. Chiriac, CIMSEC, November 28, 2022.
3. "Sea Control 392 - Russia's Arctic Strategy in a Changing Region with Katarzyna Zysk," by Zsófia Wolford, CIMSEC, November 22, 2022.
4. "Sea Control 382 - Russian NOTAM Use Near Norway with Dr. Kristian Åtland," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 22, 2022.

1. “To Robot or Not to Robot? Past analysis of Russian Military Robotics and Today’s War in Ukraine,” by Sam Bendett, War on the Rocks (June 30, 2022). 

2. CNA Webpage for Sam Bendett.

1. "Powering EABO – Aluminum fuel for the future fight," by Walker D. Mills, Jacob Clayton, and Erik R. Limpaecher, Marine Corps Gazette, August 2022.
2. "Need Fuel? Marines Should Make Moonshine Hydrogen," by Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, Proceedings, November 2021.
3. "The Promise of Hydrogen: An Alternative Fuel at the Intersection of Climate Policy and Lethality," by Walker Mills and Erik Limpaecher, Modern War Institute, December 27, 2021.
4. "Cocaine Logistics for the Marine Corps," by Walker Mills, Dylan Phillips-Levine, and Collin Fox, War on the Rocks, July 22, 2020.
5. Sea Control 303 - The Case for Seaplanes with David Alman, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, December 19, 2021.
6. "Climate Action 2030," Department of the Navy.
7. Sea Control 220 - On Contested Shores with B.A. Friedman & Timothy Heck, by Walker Mills, CIMSEC, January 3, 2021.
8. “Secure Alternate Fuel Environment (SAFE) Concept – Fuel for Contested Logistics in an Era of Climate Change Adaptation,” Defense Energy Seminar, Naval Postgraduate School, December 7, 2021.
9. Making Hydrogen Fuel Anywhere: ONR Tests Prototype to Power Marines in Expeditionary Environments, Office of Naval Research, February 14, 2022)

1. "A New Desron Staff - Beyond the Composite Warfare Commander Concept," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, Aug 18, 2022.
2. "A New Carrier Strike Group Staff for Warfighting and Warfighters," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, February 24, 2020.
3. "Put the Commander Back in Commander's Intent," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, May 13, 2020.
4. "Sea Control 154: New Forms of Naval Operational Planning," with CAPT Bill Shafley and Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 27, 2020.
5. "New Forms of Naval Operational Planning for Earning Command of the Seas," by CAPT Bill Shafley, CIMSEC, September 10, 2018.

1.  “Russia in the Arctic: Gauging How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Will Alter Regional Dynamics,”by Andrea Kendall-Taylor et al.,  Center for New American Security, September 15, 2022.
2. “Russia Assumes Arctic Council Chairmanship amid Regional Tensions,” by Mary Chesnut and Anya Fink, Center for Naval Analyses, May 26, 2021.
3. “The Arctic Ice between Russia and The US Is Melting. What’s at Stake at The Top of The World?”, by Sherryn Groch, The Age, October 21, 2022.

1. YCAPS

2. Advantage at Sea: Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power, US Navy, US Marine Corps, US Coast Guard, December 2020. 

3. Goals and Objectives for a Stronger Maritime Nation: A Report to Congress, Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, 2020.

4. The National Strategy for Maritime Security, Department of Homeland Security, September 20, 2005. 

5. National Strategy for Mapping, Exploring and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone, Prepared by the Ocean Science & Technology Subcommittee of the Ocean Policy Committee, June 2020. 

6. National Strategy for the Arctic Region, The White House, October 2022. 

1. "Coastal State Jurisdiction over Living Resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone," by Camille Goodman, Oxford University Press, February 15, 2022.
2. "Sea Control 212 - China's Galapagos Fishing Fleet with Dr. Tabitha Mallory and Dr. Ian Ralby," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 22, 2020.
3. "Sea Control 356 - Global Fish Transshipment Network with Dr. Gohar Petrossian," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, June 23, 2022.
4. "Sea Control 368 - Gina Fiore on the Quad's New MDA Initiative," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 4, 2022. 

1. Reagan's War Stories - A Cold War Presidency, by Benjamin Griffin, USNI Press, September 15, 2022. 

2. “Red Storm Rising’: Tom Clancy Novels and the Cult of National Security.”, by Walter L. Hixson, Diplomatic History 17, no. 4 (1993): 599–613. 

3. "Tom Clancy And Ronald Reagan - Two Of America's Greatest Defenders".

 2022. The Heritage Foundation. 

4. “Reagan, Reykjavik, and Strategic Imagination,” by Thomas Ricks, Foreign Policy, November 2017)

5. Sea Control 169 - Larry Bond & Dr. Sebastian Bruns on Harpoon, Red Storm Rising and Tom Clancy, CIMSEC, April 15, 2020. 

1. "At the Seam of Three Regions: The Case for More Basing and Access in Greece and Cyprus," by Aaron Stein, War on the Rocks, July 29, 2022.
2. "Sea Control 199 - The Eastern Mediterranean Question with Dr. Ioannis N. Grigoriadis and Dr. Jan Asmussen," by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, September 12, 2020.
3. Sea Control 226 - Phase Line Attila with Dr. Ed Erickson & Dr. Mesut Uyar, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, February 14, 2021.

1. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Untold Story (Part I), RADM (Ret) Tom Andrews, Naval Order of the United States, June 8, 2020. 
2. The Battle of Leyte Gulf: The Untold Story (Part II), RADM (Ret) Tom Andrews, Naval Order of the United States, July 13, 2020. 
3. The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the US Navy's Finest Hour, by James Hornfischer, Bantam March 29, 2005.
4. The Defenders of Taffy 3: Analysis and Retelling of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, by Byron Como, June 26, 2019.
5. Naval Order of the United States
6. Treasure Island Museum

1. “Develop Separate Navy Cyber and Signal Warfare Communities,” by Chris Landis, Proceedings, July 2022.
2. “The Air Force Isn’t Doing Information Technology Right," by Don Lewis, War on the Rocks, December 20, 2021.
3. “Navy Cryptologic Warfare Officers Cannot Do Cyber," by Derek S. Bernsen, Proceedings, January 2022.
4. “Cybersecurity Readiness Review," directed by Secretary of the Navy, 2019.

Revitalization of strategic ties between India and Korea – Assessing the possibilities of maritime partnerships, by Abhijit Singh, ORF Online, July 8, 2022. 

1. Regaining the High Ground Against China: A Plan to Achieve US Naval Aviation Superiority This Decade, by Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton, Hudson Institute, April 2022. 

2. Sea Control 204 - American Sea Power at a Crossroads with Bryan Clark and Tim Walton, CIMSEC, October 6, 2020.

3.  Sea Control 272 - Changing the Navy's Force Generation Model with Bryan Clark and Bryan McGrath, CIMSEC, September 2, 2021.

1. Military Muscle-Flexing as Interstate Communication: Russian NOTAM Warnings off the Coast of Norway, 2015-2021 , by Kristian Åtland, Thomas Nilsen & Torbjørn Pedersen, Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies, 14 Jun 2022.

2. Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)

How to Win Friends and Influence Shipbuilding. Marine Corps modernization and the amphibious Navy, by Maj Eric S. Hovey, Marine Corps Gazette, June 2022.   

1. Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding, by Hannah Farber, Omohundro Insitute of Early American History and Culture/UNC Press, November 2021. 
2. Sea Control 375 - The East India Company and Modern State Sovereignty with Dr. Swati Srivastava, CIMSEC, Aug 28, 2022.

1. “Looks Like a Chilean War:” The Baltimore Incident as a Counterfactual Exercise,” by Tommy Jamison, CIMSEC (October 22, 2015). 

2. Sea Control 239: “Things Done By Halves” with Dr. BJ Armstrong, CIMSEC (April 11, 2021). 

1. "Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II," by Paul Kennedy, Yale University Press, 2022.
2.Paul Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History, Yale University.
3. "The Navy Made America a Superpower Once. Can It Again?,"  by Alexander Wooley, Foreign Policy, May 20, 2022.
4. "A marriage of the geopolitical, the military and the material — Victory at Sea: Naval Power and the Transformation of the Global Order in World War II by Paul Kennedy review," by Lincoln Paine, Englesberg Ideas, June 17, 2022.

1. “Analytic Reflection: Measuring the Attributes of Open and All-Source Intelligence,” by Brian Holmes, Homeland Security Today, June 8, 2020.
2. “Feedback Driven Decisions and the Evolution of Intelligence Analysis in the United States," by Brian Holmes, The Strategy Bridge, January 23, 2020.
3. “A Short History of Maritime Intelligence Integration,” by Dr. Brian Holmes, NMIO Technical Bulletin, March 2019, p. 4-5.
4. Brian Holmes, Author at Hstoday.

1. "Iceberg sovereignty," by Corine Wood-Donnelly, Marine Policy, Volume 143, September 2022.
2. Dr. Corine Wood-Donnelly personal website.

1. "Corporate Sovereign Awakening and the making of Modern State Sovereignty: New Archival Evidence from the English East India Company," by Dr. Swati Srivastava, International Organization, March 4, 2022.
2. Dr. Srivastava's webpage.