On the Fringe

Gavin + I dive deeper into Alice Guo, how the South China Sea + the Golden Triangle are connected through organized crime, and how ending organized crime in both areas (especially the South China Sea) is largely a pipedream—for now.And…I made a BIG oops in this episode!I said that the Philippines is part of the U.S. nuclear umbrella; they are not. The US and the Philippines have a mutual defense treaty ratified in 1951. My bad!We’ve got a more organized episode next week :) Stay tuned! This is a

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