11/06/2026
Greetings! We wish you well!
The National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea ( NYMWPS), a peaceful and transglobal organization that has been advocating for the preservation of Philippine sovereignty and territorial integrity since 2015, would like to invite you to:
What: The New West Philippine Sea CATCH is an online talk show for six (6) years that is sponsored and hosted by the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea for the purpose of creating public awareness and to educate the Filipino people and the international community on the issues, breaking news and currents events in the West Philippine Sea.
Season 6: Episode 12
Topic: “China’s Construction Activities in Scarborough Shoal : A Nightmare Scenario We Must Deter”
When: Saturday | June 13, 2026 | 7:00 PM-8:30 PM Manila time
Guest Speaker:
Dr. Satoru Nagao, PhD is a fellow (non-resident) at Hudson Institute, based in Tokyo, Japan. From December 2017 through November 2020, he was a visiting fellow at Hudson Institute, based in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Nagao’s primary research area is U.S-.Japan-India security cooperation. He was awarded his Ph.D. by Gakushuin University in 2011 for his thesis, “India’s Military Strategy,” the first such research thesis on this topic in Japan. Gakushuin University is a premier institution from which members of the Japanese Imperial Family have also graduated.
Dr. Nagao holds numerous other research positions, including associate professor at the Institute for International Strategy of Tokyo International University, senior research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies, specially-appointed research fellow at the Japan Forum on International Relations, research fellow at the Institute for Future Engineering (strategy, defense policy), member of Research Committee of Research Institute for Peace and Security, senior fellow at the Institute of National Security Studies Sri Lanka, and senior research fellow of the Indian Military Review, Visiting Fellow (Indo-Pacific) & Honorary Convenor, Japan of Tillotoma Foundation in India etc
Dr. Nagao was a visiting scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in Washington D.C. He worked previously as a research fellow at the Tokyo Foundation and the Ocean Policy Research Foundation in Tokyo, as a post-doctoral fellow at the Research Institute for Oriental Cultures at Gakushuin University, and as a lecturer at Gakushuin University, Aoyama-Gakuin University and Komazawa University. He was also a security analyst at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and a first lieutenant of the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces (Japanese Army).
Host: Dr. Celia Lamkin.
Co-Hosts:
CAPT. Carl O. Schuster , USN (Ret), Defense and Security Consultant for issues related to Indo-Pacific affairs, retired professor on miltary and diplomacy program of the Hawaii Pacific University, and former Director of Operations of the Joint Intelligence Center of the US Pacific Command, Hawaii, USA
Dr. Carlyle A. Thayer, PhD is an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Humanities and Political Science at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, Australia;
and Prof. Ron Lamkin, NYMWPS Lifetime Member, Adviser and Consultant.
Register in advance for this free zoom webinar:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qWzak0uVRROyotzpxAmTow
Live-streaming of this event will be at the official page of the National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea .
We are looking forward to see you soon.
Please share this webinar as far and wide.
Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Dr. Celia Lamkin
Founder and Global Chairperson
National Youth Movement for the West Philippine Sea ( NYMWPS)
Executive Producer/ Director/Writer/Host, “The New West Philippine Sea CATCH” and NYMWPS Family
