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Tensions, absences and quiet chats at Asia’s premier security summit. The US sent Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but China ...
The U.S. national security community is publicizing its anxieties about China’s military build-up and Beijing’s security ...
The Shangri-La Dialogue is the top summit in Asia for its most powerful military leaders. Here's what went down inside the hotel.
The U.S. Department of Defense has officially confirmed for the first time that it intends to apply NATO’s defense spending ...
At an international forum in Singapore, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is refocusing its strength and policies on deterring China, and coaxed China's neighbors and U.S. allies to help.
While superpower jabs grabbed headlines, Singapore and partners used the forum to address unglamorous but vital security work. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The cracks between the two superpowers, the US and China, seem to have widened during Asia's premier security forum. But while Washington is warning of the "threat" of China, Beijing is playing it ...
China will not send its defense minister to this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, shunning a chance for a high-level meeting with US and Asian counterparts as tensions simmer with Washington.
Much of the rhetoric from the Philippines and the US at the Shangri-La Dialogue is aimed at isolating and smearing China through misleading narratives that distort the truth. The Philippines' ...
"America is proud to be back in the Indo-Pacific, and we're here to stay," he said in an assertive policy address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, considered the region's premier defense summit.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will attend the annual Shangri-La Dialogue this week in Singapore, where he is scheduled to deliver a speech and meet with defense leaders from across Southeast Asia ...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks at the 22nd Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, May 30, 2025. US Navy Photo The U.S. will neither be pushed out of the Indo-Pacific nor allow its ...