James Borton: Navigating to Common Ground in the South China Sea

This week, Lai and Kelly are joined by James Borton, a veteran journalist and author on Southeast Asia. He has reported widely for outlets such as The Washington Times and The Diplomat, focusing on environmental security issues stretching from the Philippines, Micronesia and to Vietnam, especially on the Mekong River and the South China Sea. Mr. Borton has also organized and participated as a panelist in many South China Sea programs at The East West Center, SAIS, CSIS, Walker Institute, and US-Asia Institute. He has also been a past non-resident fellow at US-Asia Institute, the Stimson Center, and at Tufts University Science Diplomacy Center. He's presently a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University Foreign Policy Institute. He is also the National Endowment Fellow of the American Civilization Seminar at Yale University. As well as being a faculty associate at the University of South Carolina, Mr. Borton is the author of multiple books on Asia. In this episode, Mr. Borton speaks about regional martime conflict in Southeast Asia as well as his latest book, Dispatches from the South China Sea: Navigating to Common Ground, in which he uses field notes, knowledge of ecological politics and the idea of science diplomacy, to explore ways in which we can build up relationships in the region and solve the environmental damage to the endangered coral reefs of the region.Please be reminded that the US-Asia Institute is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization with no policy agenda. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the US-Asia Institute.Support the show (https://www.usasiainstitute.org/asiaunscripted)Support the show