Sea Control

Links1. "At Close Range - Inside the Deadly Firefight Between HMCS Assiniboine and U-210," by James Brun, August 7, 2020, MilitaryHistoryNow.com.2. "The Flower-Class Corvette - 9 Facts About the Tiny Warship That Played a Huge Role in WW2," by James Brun, August 17, 2020, MilitaryHistoryNow.com.3."The Sinking of the 'Faa di Bruno' - Inside Italy's Submarine War in the North Atlantic," by James Brun, September 23, 2020, MilitaryHistoryNow.com.4."The Storming of U-94 - How Two Allied Sailors Took on the Crew of a U-boat in the Caribbean," by James Brun, October 14, 2020, MilitaryHistoryNow.com.

Link:Vicksburg: The Past and Future of Amphibious Operations, B.A. Friedman, Strategy Bridge, July 4, 2017

Links1. "The Cod Wars and Today: Lessons from an Almost War," Walker Mills, CIMSEC, July 28, 2020.2. "What Price Cod?: A Tugmaster's View of the Cod Wars," Norman Story, Hutton Press, January 1, 1992.3. "Stand Up a Joint Interagency Task Force to Fight Illegal Fishing," Claude Berube, CIMSEC, July 21, 2020.4. "The Fishing Wars are Coming," James Stavridis and Johan Bergenas, The Washington Post, September 13, 2017.

Links1. Women in Maritime, IMO’s Gender Programme.2. "Empowering Women in the Maritime Community," Kitada, M., Carballo Piñeiro, L. & Mejia, M.Q, WMU J Marit Affairs 18, 525–530, 2019. 3. "How to get more women seafarers on board," by Liezelle Kumalo and Denys Reva, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), July 7, 2020.4. "Barriers to work highlighted by female seafarers at European Shipping Week,"Nautilus International, February 24, 2020.

Links1. American Sea Power at a Crossroads: A Plan to Restore the US Navy’s Maritime Advantage,Bryan Clark, Timothy A. Walton, and Seth Cropsey, Hudson Institute, September 29, 2020.2. Sustaining the Undersea Advantage: Transforming Anti-Submarine Warfare Using Autonomous Systems, Bryan Clark, Seth Cropsey, and Timothy A. Walton, Hudson Institute, September 10, 2020. 3. Strengthening the U.S. Defense Maritime Industrial Base: A Plan to Improve Maritime Industry’s Contribution to National Security Bryan Clark, Timothy A. Walton, and Adam Lemon, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, February 12, 2020.4. Taking Back the Seas: Transforming the U.S. Surface Fleet for Decision-Centric Warfare, Bryan Clark and Timothy A. Walton, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, December 13, 2019.5. Sustaining the Fight: Resilient Maritime Logistics for a New Era, Timothy A. Walton, Ryan Boone, and Harrison Schramm, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, April 23, 2019.6. Regaining the High Ground at Sea: Transforming the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Air Wing for Great Power Competition, Bryan Clark, Adam Lemon, Peter Haynes, Kyle Libby, and Gillian Evans, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, December 14, 2018.

1. "A story about the Japanese surrender aboard the Missouri, 75 years ago today, as relayed by my Dad, Lt. (Jg) Kenneth Sanger..." by David Sanger, Twitter, September 2, 2020.

Links:1. CIMSEC's Regional Strategy Week2. The Kiel Seapower Series3. Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Affairs

Links:"Will the India-China Border Conflict Lead to a Naval War" by Abhijit Singh, The Strategist, June 26, 2020."Time to Leverage the Strategic Potential of Andaman and Nicobar Islands" by Sujan Chinoy, IDSA, June 26, 2020.

Links:1. "On the Decline of European Naval Forces: A Conversation with Jeremy Stöhs," by Roger Hilton, CIMSEC, September 6, 2019.2. The Decline of European Naval Forces: Challenges to Sea Power in an Age of Fiscal Austerity and Political Uncertainty, by Jeremy Stöhs, Naval Institute Press, 2018.

Links:What a judicial solution to disputes in the eastern Mediterranean might look like, by Moritz Neubert and Umut Yüksel, The London School of Economics and Political Science, June 2nd, 2020.NATO Secretary General descusses eastern Mediterranean, Libya with Foreign Minister of Turkey, Aug 19, 2020 How Did the Eastern Mediterranean Become the Eye of a Geopolitical Storm? By Michaël Tanchum, foreignpolicy.com, August 18th, 2020Pulling Back the Curtain on Turkey’s Natural Gas Strategy, by John V. Bowlus, War on the Rocks, August 26, 2020The Annan Plan

Links:Force from the Sea: Australia's Amphibious Capability - An Update, by Kim Gilfillan, The Cove, July 3, 2020.The Cove Strategic Update 20202016 Defence White PaperAmphibious Operations and the Evolution of Australian Defense Policy, by Peter J. Dean, US Naval War College Review, Fall 2014

Links:To Compete with Russia and China, Think Small by Dr. Joshua Tallis, Defense One, May 12, 2020Win Without Fighting by Hunter Stires, Proceedings, June 2020How Good Order at Sea is Central to Winning Strategic Competition by Dr. Joshua Tallis, CIMSEC, August 12, 2020

Links:1. Safe Seas Network Homepage2. Professors Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds, "Blue crime: Conceptualising transnational organized crime at sea," Marine Policy, Vol. 119, September 2020.

Links:1. Explaining Japan's post-Cold War security policy trajectory: maritime realism by Tokuya Matsuda, Australian Journal of International Affairs, June 20, 20202. Navies and Foreign Policy by Ken Booth3. Dragon Against the Sun: Chinese Views of Japanese Seapower, by Toshi Yoshihara, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments4. Geopolitics Redux: Explaining the Japanese-Korea Dispute and Its Implications for Great Power Competion by Takuya Matsuda and Jaehan Park, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2019

Links1. "Stranded Seafarers Refuse to Sail on Three Ships in Australia," by Aaron Clark, Bloomberg, August 6, 2020.2. "Supply Chain Risk Grows as Weary Crews Halt Ships and Clog Ports," by Aaron Clark, Bloomberg, August 6, 2020.3. "Some Chinese Ports are Jammed Again on Virus Testing of Food," by Aaron Clark, Bloomberg, July 13, 2020.4. "Rates to the US West Coast Hit Records Leaving Analysts Puzzled," by Sam Chambers, Splash247, August 3, 2020.5. "How are tankers coping with floating-storage hangover?", by Greg Willis, FreightWaves, Aug 6, 2020.6. "Chinese port congestion approaching record levels," by Sam Chambers, Splash247, Jul 24, 2020.7. "Australia's soaring exports to China at risk in diplomatic rift," by Fumi Matsumoto, Nikkei Asian Review, August 7, 2020.8. "Three Modern Cruise Ships Scrapped in Turkey," CruiseIndustryNews, July 29, 2020.9. Shipbuilding through to 2024, Splash247, May 27, 2020.10. Risk to Global Supply Chain Grows as Overworked Seafarers Halt Ships, by Aaron Clark and Annie Lee, Bloomberg, August 7, 2020.11. Propeller Club Asks Congress for $3.5 Billion in COVID-19 Relief for U.S. Maritime Industry, by Mike Shuler, gCaptain, August 7, 2020.12. COVID-19 has exacerbated pressure on the delivery economy, by Vishnu Rajamanickam, freightwaves, July 13, 2020.13. "Sea Control 158 - COVID-19's Impact on International Maritime Industry with Dr. Sal Mercogliano," Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, February 17, 2020.

Link: Stable Seas: Gulf of Guinea, April 16th 2020 by Dr. Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwod, Maisie Pigeon, Alex Amling, Charles Ridgway, Ibukun Adewumi, Lydelle Joubert

Links:1. The Hunt for the Fish Pirates Who Exploit the Sea 2. Fish-I Africa3. Catch Me If You Can

Links1. "What’s at Stake With Rising Competition in the Arctic?" by Brian Sittlow, Council on Foreign Relations, May 1, 20202. "The United States Must Defend Open Seas in the Arctic," by Jerry Hendrix, The National Review, May 13, 20203. "Why NATO Needs a Standing Maritime Group in the Arctic," by Colin Barnard, CIMSEC, May 15, 20204. "The U.S. Navy Returns to an Increasingly Militarized Arctic," by David Larter, Defense News, May 12, 20205. "Russia’s New Arctic Policy Document Signals Continuity Rather Than Change," by Ekaterina Klimenko, SIPRI, April 6, 20206. "The Overhaul of Russian Strategic Planning for the Arctic Zone to 2035," by Elizabeth Buchanan, NATO Defense College, May 19, 20207. "Developing Security in a White Water World: Preparing for the Arctic," by Ian Birdwell, CIMSEC, June 10, 20208. "Presidential Memorandum on Icebreaking," the White House, June 9, 2020

Links:1. Texas National Security Review2. Horns of a Dilemma Podcast3. The Good Shepherd

Link: The Amphibious Imperative of the French & Indian War

Link:Gateway and Neighbourhood: Brazilian Perspective on South Atlantic Security

Links:1. Mastering the Inland Sea2. Chicago Maritime Museum3. Chicago Maritime Museum Recovery Fund

On the heels of the Grant miniseries, Dr. Anne Brinton joins the program to revisit some Civil War Naval Integration(TM) in the Western Theater: the Battle for Island Number 10! Dr. Brinton discusses Time, Space and Force, to include the composition of the river fleet, Commodore Andrew Foote, Commander Henry Walke and the dramatic exploits of USS Carondelet.

Links:1. Observer Research Foundation2. Stable Seas3. Stable Seas: Bay of Bengal4. BIMSTEC5. IORA

Link: Chokepoints and Littorals Week

Links:1. Dr. Alex Clarke's Youtube Channel2. Drachinifel's Youtube Channel3. Jamie Seibert's Youtube Channel

Links:1. In the Shadow of Ultra: A Reappraisal of German Naval Communications Intelligence in 1914-19182. Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre 1939-19453.Room 40: British Naval Intelligence, 1914–19184. Germany's First Cryptanalysis on the Western Front: Decrypting British and French Naval Ciphers in World War I5. Technology, Shipbuilding and Future Combat in Germany, 1880-1914.”6. Sins of Omission and Commission: A Reassessment of the Role of Intelligence in the Battle of Jutland7. Ludwig Föppl: A Bavarian Cryptanalyst on the Western Front8. The Ultra Secret

Links:1. Joint Operational Warfare, Theory and Practice by Milan Vego2. US Navy Operations in World War II, Vol. XIII by Samuel Eliot Morrison3. History of the 2nd Engineer Special Brigade4. The US Army Campaigns of World War II - Southern Philippines5. MacArthur Reports - Operations of the 8th Army in the Southern Philippines6. MacArthur's Amphibious Navy

Links:One Flank, One Threat, One PresenceThe Naval Power Shift in the Black SeaRussia's Strategy in the Black Sea BasinGeopolitical Gerrymandering and the Importance of Key Maritime TerrainWargaming of the Black Sea SecurityNaval Warfare Scenarios for 2020

Links:Dr. Alex Clarke's Youtube ChannelDrachinifel's Youtube ChannelJamie Seibert's Youtube Channel

Links:1. Law as a Battlefield2. http://www.jillgoldenziel.com3. The U.S. Navy's Shifting View of China's Coast Guard and Maritime Militia4. Permanent Court of Arbitration Republic of The Philippines vs. People's Republic of China

Link: Rand Corporation Report on NALES and NATO's Amphibious Forces

Link: Down South by Rear Admiral (ret) Dr. Chris Parry, CBE

1. Alex Clarke's Channel, #NavalHistoryLive 2. Drachinifel's Channel3. Armoured Carriers's Channel

1. G-T-S Katie Standoff Ends2. Operation Megaphone3. G-T-S Katie Finally Arrives

Links:1. Bendler Blog2. Augen geradeaus!3. No Parade for Hans - the NY Times4. Sicherheitshalber5. Explaining the Poverty of Germany's Strategic Debate6. No Military Has Done More for Corona-Stricken Allies than Germany's

Links:1. Mexican Defense and Security (Spanish language)2. Pirates Ignore Quarantine, Attack Four Ships in One Week3. Mexican Strategic Landscape4. Pirates Raid Ships in the Gulf of Mexico

Links:1. Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay2. Dr. Jamie Goodall3. The Notorious Oyster Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay4. Commodore Barney at the Bladensburg Races5. The One-Man Blockade of Great Britain - Thomas Boyle and the 'Pride of Baltimore'

Link: Clausewitz, Corbett & Corvettes

Links: 1. A Brief History of Naval Wargames2. Harpoon3. The Admiralty Trilogy4. Sea Control 156: Sink the Montana!5. Larry Bond on Goodreads6. Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University7. Principles of Underwater Sound by Robert Urick8. US Naval Strategy and National Security by Dr. Sebastian Bruns9. Kiel Seapower Series

Links:1. Operation Albion: the German Conquest of the Baltic Islands2. Military Learning Gateway

Links:1. Legacies, Lessons and Lobsters: Indonesia's Maritime Policy in a Post-Susi World2. The Next Front: China and Indonesia in the South China Sea3. The China Maritime Militia Bookshelf

Links1. Georgetown Wargaming Society2. Reflections on Teaching Wargame Design by James "Pigeon" Fielder3. Simulating War by Philip Saban

Links:1. Canada Chooses BAE-Lockheed Proposal to Build Frigates Based on UK's Type 26-design.2. Keel Laid for Royal Canadian Navy's Future Joint Support Ship3. Halifax Shipyard Launches Canada's Second Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship4. The Quest for the Unconventional-Conventional Submarine5. Military Shows Off New Cyclone Helicopter Days Before First International Deployment

Links:1. ISPK2. Samuel Eliot Morison, The Battle of the Atlantic 1939-19433. NCAGS4. What the Heck is NCAGS?5. Navy Drills Atlantic Convoy Ops for First Sime Since Cold War in Defender Europe 20206. Convoy Across the Atlantic Will Test Delivery of Equipment to Europe7. Admiral, I am Not Ready for War

Links:1. Van Valkenburgh's Communications to Secretary of State Seward2. Japan Center for Asian Historical Records scans of Kotetsu-kan Shuryo Tenmatsu (The Particulars of the Kotetsu’s Acquisition)3. Naval History and Heritage Command, on W.B. Cushing: 4. Van Valkenburgh to SecState Seward, on the Stonewall’s arrival and the question of its handover5. Van Valkenburgh’s listing in C-SPAN’s records6. Listing for USN surgeon Samuel Pellman Boyer’s journal 7. Second Listing for USN surgeon Samuel Pellman Boyer's Journal8. USS Shenandoah’s listing on DANFS 9. Naval History and Heritage Command bio on Admiral H.H. Bell, CO of the Asiatic Squadron, who died in the water off Osaka just before the war of 1868

Links:1. Reinvigorating the Fleet Marine Force2. Joint Publication 3-32: Joint Maritime Operations3. MCWP 7-10 Marine Corps Componency4. To Be Most Ready When the Nation is Least Ready, the Marines Need a New Headquarters

Links:1. Fatigue is the Navy's Black Lung Disease by Dr. John Cordle2. Naval Postgraduate School Crew Endurance

Links:1. Wargaming Lessons from Exercise Sea Dragon2. Thinking In Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts, by Annie Duke (@AnnieDuke)3. Small Boats and Daring Men: Marintime Raiding, Irregular Warfare, and the Early American Navy, by Benjamin Armstrong (@WWATMD)4. Training and Education Command (TECOM) Warfighting Society5. TECOM Warfighting Club by Dr. Ben Jensen6. Destination Unknown Volume 1 a project of the Brute Krulak Center for Innovation and Creativity (@TheKrulakCenter) and Ender’s Galley (@endersgalley).

The Collected Works of Dr. Sal Mercogliano:https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/august/be-modern-maritime-power https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/january/suppose-there-was-war-and-merchant-marine-didnt-come https://seahistory.org/wp-content/uploads/SH169_Feature_Jones_Act.pdf https://seahistory.org/we-built-her-to-bring-them-over-there-the-cruiser-and-transport-force-in-the-great-war/ https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol26/tnm_26_407-424.pdf https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/publication-508-pdf/NHHC4thArmDefense_final_508.pdf https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/14/op-ed-the-merchant-marine-americas-fourth-arm-of-defense/ https://gcaptain.com/turbo-activation-19-plus-a-sealift-surge-or-just-a-trickle/ https://gcaptain.com/why-the-united-states-needs-a-merchant-marine-a-historical-basis/ https://gcaptain.com/space-force-how-about-a-maritime-force/