Nato plans to open a liaison office in Japan, its first in Asia, to facilitate consultations in the region. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Synopsis: Every second Friday of the month, join The Straits Times’ associate editor & Senior Asia columnist Ravi Velloor, as he distills his experience from four decades of covering the continent.
In this episode, he chats with Mr James Crabtree, the Singapore-based executive director for Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies .Mr Crabtree is a former journalist and policy analyst whose previous job was as an Associate Professor of Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
The podcast was conducted against the backdrop of Asia’s worsening security situation, and weeks ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue that brings together security leaders of Asia and counterparts from major global powers.
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