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.

China’s defense minister was absent from this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue for the first time since the conference began – though it was canceled due to COVID in 2020 and 2021. The Chinese ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has delivered a keynote speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a major defense forum underway in Singapore. He called for new coalitions for open trade and open ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned of double standards in condemning conflicts, calling on world leaders to be consistent and form a coalition with a rules-based order in light of the ...

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Police stand guard outside the venue of IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore, May 30, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] SINGAPORE -- The 22nd edition of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's ...

Macron had made the link in a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore Friday night, warning that unchecked Russian aggression in Ukraine could set a precedent in Asia. If Russian President Vladimir Putin could take Ukrainian ...

Professor of Geopolitics Philippe Le Corre from the ESSEC Business School shares his thoughts on French President Emmanuel Macron's keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore ...