Press Coverage 2006

Antony likely to visit Singapore in May "New areas of defence cooperation, including joint training facilities are emerging and supplementing existing cooperation between India and Singapore in the naval, maritime and...
Closing Remarks at Asian Security Conference Besides terrorism, other low-intensity threats like sea-piracy pose a direct challenge to the security of sea-lines of communication (SLOCs). The most critical global sea-routes for maritime trade...
Challenges for US Alliance Management By Dr Patrick Cronin, Director of Studies
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...
Army, Air Force, Navy on the way Rumsfeld, speaking at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference in Singapore in June, talked about China, North Korea and terrorism concerns that make the Pacific a greater focus...
Smoke and mirrors in the Shanghai spirit Speaking at a meeting of defense experts in Singapore in early June, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had criticized the SCO for inviting the Iranian president. “It strikes me as passing...
Rumsfeld, Top Chinese Officer Discuss Issues The secretary also urged Guo to participate in the sessions of the Asia Pacific Center for Strategic Studies in Hawaii as well as the annual Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, both of which promote...
Learning from the Europeans RECENT humanitarian crises in South-east Asia signal a need to re-think the nature of security cooperation in the region. Pandemics, tsunamis and earthquakes - all these point to a need for greater...
News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld SEC. RUMSFELD: Hello, folks. The minister of Defense of Australia is standing to my right. He is -- Dr. Nelson is here on his first visit as minister of Defense. He is -- we...
Questions over American policy on China The stakeholder language is a long way from that of the dragon slayers, led by the Pentagon, which this February attacked the pace and scope of China's military build-up, as putting the regional...
Just who's afraid of China? So America is fighting back by trying to encourage Asians to be more worried by China's growing military power. Last year in Singapore, US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld took aim at China's...
Fears of US returning to isolationism US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld warned Asia-Pacific defense leaders gathered in Singapore early this month: "In past decades, some of the people in the United States have questioned...
Divide and rule Director-General and Chief Executive of the IISS John Chipman, who explained the new focus on India, drew the attention of the conference delegates to a commonality between New Delhi and Washington....
Team Bush: Get it together Freelancer No. 2 is Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Earlier this month, he was in Singapore, chastising China for spending too much on defense. These comments must have both amused and annoyed...
A glance at SCO with four ideologies The recent remarks by US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Singapore about SCO and Iran's membership in it proves that Washington views the organization as against its goals.
FPDA countries agree to step-up readiness The organisation's new interest in HADR reflects broader concerns - most recently expressed at the Shangri-la Dialogue, held in Singapore from 2-4 June - where several speakers called for action to...
Ahmadinejad seeks Chinese, Russian support Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld last week chided China and Russia for backing Tehran's participation in the summit, saying he found it strange to bring the "leading terrorist nation in the...
Iran offers energy cooperation at Asia summit Iran's inclusion in the group -- albeit as an observer along with India, Pakistan and Mongolia -- has irked the United States. "It strikes me as passing strange that one would want to bring...
Shanghai Surprise U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld remarked that it's "passing strange that one would want to bring into an organization that says it is against terrorism one of the leading terrorist...