China’s Maritime Militia at Whitsun Reef: Trouble in the South China Sea

Asia Geopolitics

China’s maritime militia is once again at the center of a crisis in the South China Sea. What now?
The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda (@nktpnd) speaks to Gregory Poling, senior fellow for Southeast Asia and director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about recent events around Whitsun Reef at Union Bank in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Click the play button to the right to listen. If you’re an iOS or Mac user, you can also subscribe to The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast on iTunes here; if you use Windows or Android, you can subscribe on Google Play here, or on Spotify here.If you like the podcast and have suggestions for content, please leave a review and rating on iTunes and TuneIn. You can contact the host, Ankit Panda, here.