What key Nato summit absences reveal about Indo-Pacific worries

For the first time in four years, the leaders of South Korea and Japan were nowhere to be seen at the annual Nato summit.
Australia’s prime minister was also absent from The Hague but New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon took part in the meeting.
The four countries are not Nato members, but the security bloc has identified Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand – also known as the Indo-Pacific Four (IP4) – as key partners in the alliance’s engagement with the Indo-Pacific…