A short clip from my recent interview with Dr. Benjamin Blandin on East Asia’s tense waters and the developments shaping the region.

✔️South China Sea
✔️East China Sea
✔️Yellow Sea
✔️West Phillipines Sea
✔️North Natuna Sea
✔️Taiwan

Full interview is available at the link:
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New interview with Natalie Treloar on Emerging Regional Deterrence Frameworks

We explored how regional powers are adapting to the growing strategic competition and what this means for the future of stability in the Indo-Pacific

Watch the full interview at the link!

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A recent CNN analysis of satellite imagery, maps, and government records reveals a sharp increase in China’s missile production facilities since 2020. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/07/w...

North Korea and Vietnam signed a series of cooperation agreements covering defense, foreign affairs, and health during a visit by Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam to Pyongyang, the first trip by a Vietnamese leader to North Korea in nearly two decades.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Pyongyang to attend the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and pay an official goodwill visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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🇰🇵North Korea Officially Praises Military Role in Russia-Ukraine War Through Kursk Liberation Operations

"WPK Central Military Commission Highly Praises Combat Sub-units of Armed Forces of DPRK for Performing Heroic Feats in Operations to Liberate Kursk Area of Russian Federation."

North Korea has issued a strong statement warning that the US-Japan co-production of the AIM-120 missile will deepen regional instability. This move, they argue, is not merely about defense but a shift toward a more assertive military posture. Here are the key takeaways:

A notable case from the Manhattan Federal Court sheds light on a cross-national nuclear trafficking network.

Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, from Burma to other countries. t.co/Kz0H5eaT5c

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with Liu Zhenli, a member of China's Central Military Commission (CMC) and chief of staff of the CMC Joint Staff Department, who was visiting Malaysia on Wednesday.

''A new composite carbon fiber material was used in the manufacture of the engine body of the missile and a new comprehensive and effective method based on the already-accumulated technologies introduced in the flight and guidance control system.'' KCNA

''A few countries in the world might possess such a weapon system.

Just like the intended purpose of all military powers, the development of the new-type hypersonic missile is aimed mainly at steadily putting the country’s nuclear war deterrent on an advanced basis.'' KCNA

🇰🇵North Korea's new-type Intermediate-range Hypersonic Ballistic Missile exceeds speed of sound by 12 times launched on January 6, and accurately landed on the simulated target waters in the open sea 1 500 kilometres away. KCNA

Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between DPRK and Russian Federation Comes into Force. The treaty has an effect from December 4, 2024 when the ratification instruments were exchanged according to Article 22 of the treaty. KCNA

Russian gas set to power Shanghai by end of 2024 after Chinese workers finished building the final section of the east-route natural gas pipeline between the two countries.
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"Can Humanity Achieve a Century of Nuclear Peace? Expert Forecasts of Nuclear Risk"

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