Why Should We Care if the Gray Zone War is Heating Up Again in East Asia?
About This Episode
Ray and Jim discuss rising tensions in the South China Sea and beyond, examining a violent confrontation at Second Thomas Shoal, the stalled ASEAN-China Code of Conduct talks, Beijing’s influence operations in the Philippines and China’s expanding coast guard presence east of Taiwan and what these developments could mean for regional security, maritime law and the future of the Western Pacific.
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