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Published: May 10, 2023, 4 p.m.

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Find out what our guest expert says about Nato planning to open a liaison office in Japan, its first in Asia, to facilitate consultations in the region.

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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.

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In this episode, he chats with Mr James Crabtree, the Singapore-based executive director for Asia at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).\\xa0

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Mr Crabtree is a former journalist and policy analyst whose previous job was an Associate Professor of Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.\\xa0

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The podcast was conducted against the backdrop of Asia\\u2019s worsening security situation, and weeks ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogue that brings together security leaders of Asia and counterparts from major global powers.\\xa0

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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1:05 Asia\\u2019s deteriorating security situation; a\\xa0confident Chinese President Xi Jinping

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9:40 What Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Albanese might say in Singapore

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14:40 Overlaying of Euro Atlantic issues with Indo Pacific

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19:15 Nato in Asia; it will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore from June 2-4, 2023

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23:00 On the China-India spat, and the Quad

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26:35 Artificial Intelligence as a national security issue

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Produced by: Ravi Velloor (velloor@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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Edited by: Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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