Advertisement This year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s premier security conference, featured the most high-level European delegation in the conference’s 20-year history. In addition to Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, six European defense ministers were in attendance. European participation was driven by two objectives: to garner regional support for Ukraine … Read more
The Debate | Opinion In recent years, the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue has featured more public grandstanding than constructive intercourse. Advertisement The tenor of the annual Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), Asia’s premier security conference, has changed dramatically for the worse. Its 20th iteration, held in Singapore over the weekend, was partly a culmination of growing tensions in the Indo-Pacific … Read more
Advertisement Last weekend, Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu attended the Shangri-La Dialogue, the premier Asia-Pacific security forum hosted annually in Singapore by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). For Li, who assumed his post in March this year, it was his first time representing China at the conference. Much of the media attention focused … Read more
Asia Defense | Security | Southeast Asia The Komodo exercises represent a rare sign of concord at a time of growing tension in the Asia-Pacific. The opening ceremony of the 4th Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo takes place in Makassar, South Sulawesi June 5, 2023. Credit: Facebook/TNI Angkatan Laut Advertisement Indonesia yesterday kicked off a rare multilateral naval exercise including … Read more
Advertisement As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with Asia-Pacific nations, the top defense officials from both countries are trying to win support from their regional counterparts, diplomats, and leaders at a security forum in Singapore. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose country is a stalwart U.S. ally … Read more
Advertisement Prospects for a renewed high-level military dialogue between China and the United States remain dim, with Beijing saying their defense chiefs will not hold a bilateral meeting while both are attending a weekend security conference in Singapore. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to address the Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday, while Chinese Defense … Read more
Advertisement ASEAN defense agencies should find it useful that the upcoming Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD 2023) – to run from June 2 to 4 in Singapore – will begin with a simultaneous special session on the “Security Implications of Cyber and Technological Competition.” SLD 2023 will happen during an epochal chapter of the post-Cold War era. … Read more