{"podcast":{"title":"Sea Control","slug":"sea-control-989356","podcast_index_feed_id":989356,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/OHIsINAK","website_url":"https://sea-control.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/a96fead0-ddc8-474a-bb4f-d2a6b3ce274e/f3e84052-9b0a-42dd-9348-734a79b2ff81/3000x3000/sea-control-jpg.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Center for International Maritime Security","episode_count":465,"summary":"Sea Control is CIMSEC's Flagship podcast. We focus on maritime security, naval affairs, and defense and foreign policy.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T12:18:58.150514+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sea-control-989356"},"episode":{"title":"Sea Control 588: Outsourcing Security at Sea with Pieter Zhao","slug":"sea-control-588-outsourcing-security-at-sea-with-pieter-zhao","published_at":"2025-10-21T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sea-control-989356/sea-control-588-outsourcing-security-at-sea-with-pieter-zhao","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sea-control-989356","url":"https://sea-control.simplecast.com/episodes/sea-control-588-outsourcing-security-at-sea-RLf6rxS2","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/d140b128-44ca-45df-9229-d60d214a9f5c/episodes/fa659193-8660-4119-b936-a35c5a511459/audio/48a31c92-0399-4866-bee7-d1135bd552f6/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=OHIsINAK","summary":"Pieter Zhao joins the program to discuss his article, “Outsourcing Security at Sea—The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twenty-First-Century Maritime Security.” He discusses the growing role of private maritime-security companies in the modern world and situations where they could provide maritime security. Pieter W.G. Zhao is a PhD Researcher and Junior Lecturer at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focusing on history and international relations in the maritime domain. He is also a Nonresident Fellow at the Irregular Warfare Initiative. His doctoral research analyzes the changing dynamics in the 21st-century maritime warfare and security environment from an applied historical perspective, focusing on non-state actors and irregular warfare at sea. 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.”","meta_description":"Pieter Zhao joins the program to discuss his article, “Outsourcing Security at Sea—The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1872,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sea-control-989356/episodes/sea-control-588-outsourcing-security-at-sea-with-pieter-zhao/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sea-control-989356/sea-control-588-outsourcing-security-at-sea-with-pieter-zhao.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}