Author: Leo Nakamura
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— — Pyongyang’s Next Threshold: North Korea’s Missile Tests, Nuclear Acceleration, and the Breaking Point of Allied Intelligence…
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In early April 2026, New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a Declaration on Defence and Security that…
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Japan and Australia signed a landmark series of defense agreements in Canberra on May 4, 2026, committing both…
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MANILA — The 83-year-old hull of the BRP Quezon slipped below the waters off Northern Luzon on May…
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*Note: This article covers the period through mid-May 2026.* The South China Sea has long been described as…
Leo Nakamura is a regional affairs correspondent for Media Hook, covering Asia-Pacific developments.
The Widening Gap: ASEAN’s COC Target and the South China Sea’s Construction Reality When ASEAN foreign ministers gathered…
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KUALA LUMPUR — On May 21, 2026, senior officials from ASEAN member states and China convened in Kuala…
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— — Australia’s Defense Crossroads: The Kill-Web Architecture and the End of the Platform Era *Can Canberra translate…
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DATE: 2026-05-19 — On a stretch of windswept Luzon coastline facing the South China Sea, the message was…