Founder & Executive Director
Indo-Pacific Record
A static research site that preserves official statements and releases from Indo-Pacific defense and foreign ministries, and publishes weekly editorial briefs that link each claim to the preserved record.
- Defense records
- Editorial briefs
- Static site
1,623
official records preserved
Site snapshot, Nov 3, 2026
Weekly
editorial briefs
Each claim linked to a preserved record
Static
site, deterministic builds
No database or CMS
How it works
Preserve the record, then analyze it
The archive
A collector gathers official statements and releases from Indo-Pacific defense and foreign ministries and keeps the original text with its source link and date. Machine translations and summaries help readers search the archive. They are labeled as machine-generated and are not editorially reviewed.
The briefs
Weekly briefs are human editorial analysis. They separate what an official source says from what is established and from analytical inference, and link each claim back to the preserved record.
The project began as The PLA Watch. Its earlier archive (opens in a new tab) (May to August 2026) remains online. The current team includes Jophy Lin, Communications Editor, and Dylan Tanzi, Lead Research Analyst.
Selected briefs
Recent editorial briefs
- Indo-Pacific & Security
Japan and the United States Agree to Establish AMRAAM Final Assembly in Japan (opens in a new tab)
Allied defense ministers moved from discussing AMRAAM final assembly in Japan to committing to it, and agreed to share SM-3 Block IIA production information. Neither public account names a site, operator, contract or rate.
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Week ending Sole author
- Indo-Pacific & Security
Japan and the Philippines Narrow Their Destroyer Talks to a First Ship (opens in a new tab)
An October 28 joint statement turns the Abukuma-class talks toward a first ship and puts Japanese training support ahead of any transfer. Neither language version records a transfer decision.
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Week ending With Jophy Lin
- Indo-Pacific & Security
Three Days of Chinese Flights, Six Months of Japanese Scrambles (opens in a new tab)
Japan’s October air reports record repeated Chinese Y-9 flights near its southwestern approaches; newly released scramble figures put those encounters in a longer context.
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Week ending With Dylan Tanzi
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What Is Being Built in Laos? (opens in a new tab)
Vietnam’s digital-identity handover and China’s military training center show different kinds of cooperation in Laos, and how little a completed project tells us about lasting influence.
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Week ending With Dylan Tanzi