Maritime Security In The Age Of China: A Deep Dive Interview With Dr. Collin Koh

In this episode, Garrison is joined by the renowned maritime security analyst, Dr. Collin Koh.  The two discuss a variety of naval topics, including: why maritime security matters; the modern challenges facing rule of law on the high seas (including EEZ's and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS); China’s growing blue water naval capabilities; the outlook of Chinese naval competition with the United States in the South China Sea, the nations of the South Pacific and beyond; the role of ASEAN in regional seaborne trade; the controversies surrounding freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait; and much more.   Dr. Collin Koh is Research Fellow at the Institute of Defense and Strategic Studies which is a constituent unit of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, based in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He has research interests on naval affairs in the Indo-Pacific, focusing on Southeast Asia. Collin has published several op-eds, policy- and academic journal articles as w