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Experts say the runway and port expansions will increase readiness amid Chinese escalations in the South China Sea.

Information that “Danny” sold to Beijing may have led to 2024 Sabina Shoal ramming incident.

Mira Rapp-Hooper joined RFA’s board in April 2026. An expert on national security and strategy issues in Asia, she currently serves as a partner at The Asia Group, and is a visiting fellow at Brookings Institute. She has held a number of positions at the highest levels of government, including senior director for East Asia and Oceania at the White House’s National Security Council (NSC) and the NSC director for Indo-Pacific strategy. She also previously served as Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Olivia Enos joined RFA’s board in April 2026. She currently serves as a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, writing on a wide range of human rights and national security issues in Asia, and as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. She previously worked as Washington Director for the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, and before that as Senior Policy Analyst for Asian Studies at the Heritage Foundation.

Using the coast guard, not the navy, in operations at disputed Taiping Island avoids escalation, analysts said.

Satellite imagery reveals increased activity at North Korean nuclear complex

Heat maps show largest greenhouse farm in North Korea at less than half capacity

Shaping a future at peace is unattainable unless people in the most repressed places can access accurate, timely news and information. RFA does just that.

Experts welcome Chinese investment, but stress environmental and social safeguards are necessary.