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Ditch the Cup: End the Navy’s Random Urinalysis Program | Center for International Maritime Security By Roger Misso We all know the drill. It is 0700 on a Tuesday. The command has been secured. Your division officer, perhaps slightly sheepish, hands you the slip. Your name is on it. You, a trusted te...

"Ditch the Cup: End the Navy’s Random Urinalysis Program", by Roger Misso

#MilitaryReadiness #Leadership #NavalStrategy

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Sea Control 602 — Maritime OSINT with Rae Baker

#OSINT #MaritimeSecurity #Intelligence

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A Temporary Corridor Strategy for Hormuz | Center for International Maritime Security By Frank Bell The Strait of Hormuz does not need to be made safe to reopen global shipping. It only needs to be made governable. Even as the United States has begun striking selected Iranian military targets—including recent operations against military facilities on Kharg Island—the fundamental challenge in the Gulf remains unchanged: restoring predictable commercial…

"A Temporary Corridor Strategy for Hormuz", by Frank Bell

#MaritimeStrategy #EnergySecurity #StraitOfHormuz

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Sea Control 601: Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals | Sea Control Ian Brown joins the program to talk about his book - Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals John Boyd's Vision for Thriving in Chaos, and John Boyd’s continuing relevance to current events.

Sea Control 601 — Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals

Ian Brown joins to talk about his book, "Snowmobiles and Grand Ideals - John Boyd's Vision for Thriving in Chaos", and John Boyd’s continuing relevance to current events.

#SeaControl #USMC #ManueverWarfare

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“With the Shield, or On It?”: Aspides and the EU Aspirations for Sea Control | Center for International Maritime Security By Giacomo Leccese On 23 February 2026, the Council of the EU decided to extend the mandate of the EU naval operation EUNAVFOR Aspides, launched in March 2024 to safeguard the sea lines of communicat...

"'With the Shield, or On It?': Aspides and the EU Aspirations for Sea Control", by Giacomo Leccese

#MaritimeStrategy #SeaControl #EuropeanSecurity

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Desert Storm Made the PLA. What is the Iran War Making? | Center for International Maritime Security By Commander Ander S. Heiles, USN In January 1991, Chinese military officers watched CNN footage of the United States dismantling the Iraqi Army and experienced what one People’s Liberation Army (PLA)...

"Desert Storm Made the PLA. What is the Iran War Making?", by Ander S. Heiles

#MilitaryStrategy #GreatPowerCompetition #AsymmetricWarfare

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The Sicilian Expedition: Lessons from an Ancient Disaster | Center for International Maritime Security By Austin McLaughlin The world’s preeminent naval power launched a vast armada west to secure distant allies from a threatening rival. It underestimated the enemy’s resolve. The rival rallied, repelle...

"The Sicilian Expedition: Lessons from an Ancient Disaster", by Austin McLaughlin

#MilitaryHistory #Strategy #GreatPowerCompetition

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Sea Control 600: Civil Defense in Taiwan | Sea Control Host Brian Kerg talks with TH Schee to discuss his work supporting Civil Defense in Taiwan.

Sea Control 600 — Civil Defense in Taiwan

Host Brian Kerg talks with TH Schee to discuss his work supporting Civil Defense in Taiwan.

@briankerg.bsky.social #SeaControl #IndoPacific #Taiwan

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Hedge with Non-Kinetic Defense | Center for International Maritime Security By Connor Keating In April 2025, Admiral Samuel Paparo delivered his annual posture statement to the House Armed Services Committee, arguing that the United States must invest in several capabilities ...

"Hedge with Non-Kinetic Defense", by Conor Keating

#NonKineticDefense #MilitaryStrategy #FutureWarfare

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Asymmetry Rising: How Autonomous Systems Enforce Sea Denial | Center for International Maritime Security By Rudraksh Pathak Naval warfare is approaching a point where the traditional capital ship is no longer an unambiguous asset in contested waters. For decades, naval power was measured in tonnage and p...

"Asymmetry Rising: How Autonomous Systems Enforce Sea Denial", by Rudraksh Pathak

#MaritimeStrategy #AutonomousSystems #NavalWarfare

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Russia’s Irregular Maritime Statecraft in the Baltic Sea | Center for International Maritime Security By Joe Durigan and Craig Whiteside Since 2022, Russia has sharply increased its employment of illegal/coercive/aggressive/deceptive (ICAD) maritime tactics in the Baltic Sea, often loosely referred to...

"Russia’s Irregular Maritime Statecraft in the Baltic Sea", by Joe Durigan and Craig Whiteside

#MaritimeSecurity #HybridWarfare #BalticSea

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Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency, Part 2 | Center for International Maritime Security By Dan White and Hunter Stires Dan White: China’s behavior in the South China Sea, along with efforts to highlight it such as the Philippines Transparency Initiative, and deter it such as the Maritime...

"Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency, Part 2", by Dan White and Hunter Stires

#MaritimeSecurity #GreyZone #GreatPowerCompetition

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Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency – Part 1 | Center for International Maritime Security By Dan White and Hunter Stires The international order has come under immense strain in recent years. Major wars have erupted between the great powers in Ukraine and the Middle East. The U.S.'s top ge...

"Defending Global Order Against China’s Maritime Insurgency – Part 1", by Dan White and Hunter Stires

#GlobalOrder #MaritimeStrategy #GreatPowerCompetition

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The Unwitting Fleet | Center for International Maritime Security By Eva Prokofiev Thousands of commercial and private vessels transit the world's oceans daily, broadcasting positional data, transmitting communications through exploitable unencrypted satellite commu...

"The Unwitting Fleet", by Eva Prokofiev

#MaritimeSecurity #GreyZone #NavalStrategy

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Why America Needs a Four-Ocean Navy | Center for International Maritime Security By Derek S. Reveron Rethinking America’s Strategic Map When Americans think about how the United States engages the world, we instinctively reach for maps. Our government bureaucracies are organized t...

"Why America Needs a Four-Ocean Navy", by Derek Reveron

#NavalStrategy #SeaPower #GlobalSecurity

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Sea Control 599: The Tanker War | Sea Control Tom Duffy joins the program to talk about his chapter "NATO Maritime Strategies and Naval Operations since 1985: Multilateral Naval Arrangements in the “Tanker War”” which is included in the new book...

Sea Control 599 — The Tanker War

#SeaControl #MaritimeStrategy #Iran

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OPERATION HIGHMAST: UK EASTERN DEPLOYMENT FOR A “TWO-CARRIER NAVY” | Center for International Maritime Security By David Scott Operation Highmast, running from April to November 2025, took a UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Prince of Wales, over 40,000 nautical miles to the Sea of Japan and back. The C...

"OPERATION HIGHMAST: UK EASTERN DEPLOYMENT FOR A 'TWO-CARRIER NAVY'", by David Scott

#CarrierStrikeGroup #NavalStrategy #GlobalMaritime

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Driving Toward Distributed Maritime Operations: Getting the Navy Out of Its VLS Hole | Center for International Maritime Security By Peter Kouretsos The Department of War is addressing its critical shortfall in precision munitions, but it also needs more platforms capable of using them. This is especially true for the U.S. Navy....

"Driving Toward Distributed Maritime Operations: Getting the Navy Out of Its VLS Hole", by Peter Kouretsos

Peter Kouretsos #DistributedMaritimeOperations #NavalStrategy #SeaControl

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Turkey’s Air-to-Air Drone Test and the Logic of Middle-Power Alliance Stress | Center for International Maritime Security by Lawrence J Kaiser In late 2025, Turkey conducted a successful test of an air-to-air missile launched from an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV). At first glance, the event appeared to be a narr...

"Turkey’s Air-to-Air Drone Test and the Logic of Middle-Power Alliance Stress", by Lawrence J Kaiser

#DroneWarfare #NATOStrategy #MiddlePower

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Sea Control 598: Continental Powers and Naval Development | Sea Control Brian C. Chao professor of national security at the Naval War College joins Jonathan on the podcast to discuss his new book Continental Powers and Naval Development: Strategy Coherence, Threat Diffusi...

Sea Control 598 — Continental Powers and Naval Development

Brian C. Chao joins to discuss his new book, "Continental Powers and Naval Development: Strategy Coherence, Threat Diffusion, and Success at Sea"

#SeaControl

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Sailor’s First – Aligning the Leadership Continuum | Center for International Maritime Security By CAPT Paul W. Nickell, USN, MA, MBA The Sailor is the Navy. No Navy is better than its Sailors. An unstructured, disconnected leadership continuum is a disservice to our Sailors and our Navy. The id...

"Sailor’s First – Aligning the Leadership Continuum", by CAPT Paul W. Nickell

#NavalLeadership #SailorsFirst #MilitaryEducation

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The United States Can’t Deter China Without Allied Shipyards | Center for International Maritime Security By Patrick M. Cronin and David Glick Introduction Industrial endurance and allied integration are indispensable to making deterrence-by-denial against China credible under the 2026 National Defense St...

"The United States Can’t Deter China Without Allied Shipyards", by Patrick M. Cronin and David Glick

#IndoPacific #NavalStrategy #DefenseIndustry

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Sea Control 597: Iran Escalation Scenario | Sea Control Ross Hill and Treston Wheat join the program to talk about their Jan. 2026 report for the geopolitical risk firm Insight Forward titled “Iran Escalation Scenario: What a humanitarian-framed interventi...

Sea Control 597 — Iran Escalation Scenario

Ross Hill and Treston Wheat discuss their Jan. 2026 report titled “Iran Escalation Scenario: What a humanitarian-framed intervention could mean for regional stability and corporate risk.”

#SeaControl #Iran

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Mass Drones to Save Missiles: A High–Low Mix for the Pacific | Center for International Maritime Security By Connor Keating The future of conflict in the Western Pacific will hinge on sustaining firepower over vast distances with finite magazines and vulnerable logistics. The Russia‑Ukraine war and much ...

"Mass Drones to Save Missiles: A High–Low Mix for the Pacific", by Conor Keating

#IndoPacific #FutureWarfare #MilitaryInnovation

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Can an Interagency Task Force Work in the Arctic? | Center for International Maritime Security By Jeffrey Kucik and Veronica De Allende An increasingly accessible Arctic raises questions about U.S. responsibilities in the region. There are two core challenges. First, Russia’s (re)militarization...

"Can an Interagency Task Force Work in the Arctic?", by Jeffrey Kucik and Veronica De Allende

#ArcticSecurity #CoastGuard #IndoPacificSecurity

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Enduring the Storm: Reflections on the U.S. Navy’s “Fat Leonard” Scandal | Center for International Maritime Security By Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless, U.S. Navy (Ret.) Heavy Seas Heavy seas do calm with time. Yet long after headlines fade and public attention moves on, those who endure them continue to feel their weig...

"Enduring the Storm: Reflections on the U.S. Navy’s “Fat Leonard” Scandal", by Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless, U.S. Navy (Ret.)

#Leadership #MilitaryEthics #Resilience

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Useful Lemons | Center for International Maritime Security By Jason Flores Rutledge Introduction The People’s Republic of China (PRC) represents a strong threat to the United States due to its rapid military expansion and destabilizing actions in the Indo-Pac...

"Useful Lemons", by Jason Flores Rutledge

#IndoPacificSecurity #MilitaryLogistics #DefenseInnovation

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Archers Need Arrows: Deficiencies in U.S. Submarine Munitions | Center for International Maritime Security By Alana Davis In 2023, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) wargamed a conflict between the United States of America and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Reflecting 24 itera...

"Archers Need Arrows: Deficiencies in U.S. Submarine Munitions", by Alana Davis

#UnderseaWarfare #SubmarineForce #IndoPacificSecurity

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Taiwan’s Layered Air Defence and the Calculus of Deterrence | Center for International Maritime Security By Guarav Sen In any future Taiwan Strait conflict, the opening phase would be decisive - not because it guarantees victory, but because it shapes escalation, operational momentum, and political decis...

"Taiwan’s Layered Air Defence and the Calculus of Deterrence", by Guarav Sen

#TaiwanStrait #IntegratedAirDefense #IndoPacificSecurity

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A Concept of Operations for Achieving a Navy Fleet of 500 Ships | Center for International Maritime Security By Captain George Galdorisi The U. S. Navy stands at the precipice of a new era of technology advancement. In an address at a military-industry conference, the then-U.S. Chief of Naval Operations, Adm...

"A Concept of Operations for Achieving a Navy Fleet of 500 Ships", by George Galdorisi

#HybridFleet #UnmannedSystems #FutureNavy

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