Press Coverage 2005

China: the next global superpower Estimates of actual Chinese military spending vary widely, but the International Institute for Strategic Studies pegs it at US$62.5 billion in 2004, up US$6.6 billion over the previous year....
The First Five Years Over the last year, the Iranian issue has raised concerns about the SCO in Western capitals. “It strikes me as strange that one would want to bring into an organization that says it’s...
China Says ‘Shut Up' Defense Secretary Rumsfeld can now stop pretending he didn't know the answer to the questions he himself asked in June 2005. "Since no nation threatens China, one must wonder: Why this growing...
Why Beijing lies low at regional forums CHINA'S conspicuously low level of participation at the just-concluded Shangri-La Dialogue is a sign not only of its mistrust of the United States but also of a military not quite ready to link up...
The great divide Mr Rumsfeld was addressing an audience of ministers, senior defence officials and security experts from 20 nations at the Shangri-La Dialogue - one of two informal security gatherings held in...
Defence in SE Asia: From talking to doing EAST and South-East Asia have plenty of forums for talking about defence co-operation. What has been lacking, until recently, is action. However, when the region's defence ministers and military...
China’s low-level participation At the Shangri-La Dialogue last weekend, China was represented by its Deputy Chief of the Asia Department from its Foreign Affairs Ministry. Compared to the other countries who were represented by...
A farewell to sabre-rattling Demystification, not containment. This was the central theme of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's comments regarding China at this year's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore - the Asia-Pacific...
Korea, U.S. reaffirm defense alliance South Korean Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung and U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met on the sidelines of an Asian defense and security meeting in Singapore. "In this meeting, the...
Singapore calls for quicker action SINGAPORE has urged the international defence community to move from dialogue to action to enable military forces to handle new or unknown threats as security challenges become more globalised. On...
No high-level Beijing team BEIJING has never sent a high-level delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual security summit held here, because the forum is seen as anti-China, said Chinese analysts.'From the beginning,...
Rumsfeld changes tone It would be going too far to describe Donald Rumsfeld as chastened by recent events, but the US defence secretary was more than usually mild in his rhetoric and accommodating in his policy...
Rumsfeld Says Beijing Is on the Right Path Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on Saturday struck a conciliatory tone on China, saying he was encouraged that Beijing was on a path toward being more transparent in its military...
Rumsfeld softens tone on China Although he urged China to “demystify” its defence budget, Mr Rumsfeld – speaking in Singapore – uncharacteristically declined to be drawn into further comments that might be...
Rumsfeld brands Iran as terrorist nation U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld branded Iran as the leading terrorist nation yet hoped mullahs would seriously consider incentives from the West in exchange for suspending its suspect nuclear...
Ways sought for troops to cooperate The lunch has been a regular feature of the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's only forum for defence ministers, policy makers and security analysts, organised since 2002 by the London-based International...
Rumsfeld lauds growing Asian security network Rumsfeld lamented that he had "tried and failed" to persuade China to send senior military officials to Singapore this year. Sponsored by London's International Institute of Strategic...
US seeks warmer military relations in SE Asia Rumsfeld is scheduled to meet privately with a number of defense leaders from the region, including India's defense minister, Pranab Mukherjee, who is making his first appearance at the conference,...
Rumsfeld: Global Cooperation Critical More nations are freer than ever before, yet freedom is increasingly under assault from violent extremists and rogue nations, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld today told defense ministers of...
Rumsfeld stresses Asia commitment Asia's future security and prosperity hangs on the behaviour of China, Russia and key regional powers, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said. Speaking at an annual security conference...