On Edge: Security at China’s Borderlands

FPI Director Carla P. Freeman joins Shibani Mathani (freelance investigative journalist, former Washington Post bureau chief), and Martin Thorley (Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime) on a podcast by the National Bureau of Asian Research to discuss China’s perspectives on national security in its borderlands.

This ninth episode in NBR’s Borderlands miniseries unpacks how the concept of “comprehensive national security” has been shaping China’s new security posture in its borderland regions. Understanding traditional and nontraditional security as deeply interwoven leads to greater latitude for security projection abroad. The conversation focuses on the evolution of China’s attempts to address security concerns in its proximate periphery and zooms in on China’s approach to addressing transnational organized crime.

Listen to the podcast or read a transcript here: Documenting China’s Borderlands – Episode 9: On Edge: Security at China’s Borderlands