Press Coverage 2007

26 Mar 2008 - - Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) - Fox here for political consensus In June 2007 Dr. Fox met Minister Bogollagama at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore where the latter had encouraged him to return to Sri Lanka after an absence of more than a decade, to see at first hand the political developments that had taken place.
12 Feb 2008 - - Straits Times - Singapore sees crucial role for Asean in shaping Asian security Singapore Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean, in an address to the Munich Conference on Security Policy, has said the new economic realities in Asia will also have long-term strategic and security implications. And Asean, which lies at the heart of many multilateral groupings such as the Asean Regional Forum, the East Asia Summit and the Shangri-La Dialogue, was well placed to play a unique role in the evolving Asian security architecture.
08 Feb 2008 - - United Press International - Interview: Lee Kuan Yew A: No. Iraq was a mistake. I've said this before and I said this in the presence of Paul Wolfowitz, one of the architects of the invasion, at an IISS conference two months after the fall of Saddam Hussein, when some-one asked me what will happen in Iraq. In October 2002, I was in Washington and became quite convinced an invasion would take place. On the way home, I stopped in London and asked Tony Blair to brief me. After 45 minutes, I said, "Look I accept the argument that with British and American militar
19 Jan 2008 - - Straits Times - Invest energy to tend S-E Asian ties, US urged DEFENCE Minister Teo Chee Hean describes South-east Asia's multi-layered security architecture, with its mix of formal and informal structures: First, at the multilateral level there are security forums with broad memberships, such as the Asean Regional Forum which groups 27 countries. In a less formal setting is the annual Shangri-La Dialogue - the only forum where defence ministers from the region and beyond get together.
18 Jan 2008 - - Channel News Asia - American leaders receptive to message, says Teo Chee Hean Mr Teo said: "China, India, Japan - all these countries are seeking to engage countries in Southeast Asia more actively. And I suggested to them that the US may also want to see in what creative ways they can ex-pand their already very strong relationships that they have with various countries in the region, and also as a collective with ASEAN." Mr Teo also met US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who said he will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore.
George Bush et l'Asie : cherchez l'erreur Le secrétaire américain à la défense, Robert Gates, vient de terminer une tournée en Asie qui l'a mené à Pékin, à Séoul et à Tokyo, où il a...
Gates shows the art of US military diplomacy The Americans were keen to establish a permanent telephone hotline with the Chinese military to manage any future crisis. In theory, China had long accepted the proposal. At the Shangri-La...
India to deepen contacts with militaries In February-March, a five-vessel flotilla of the Indian Navy embarked on an extended deployment to southeast and east Asia, during which it conducted drills with the navies of Russia, China, Japan,...
India, Russia aim to take their defence ties Antony's trip sets the stage for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Moscow in November for his annual summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. External Affairs Minister...
We all have a stake in the world Of course, once you have the capability, then that capability can be used for other purposes. Intentions can change overnight but capabilities are enduring. For this reason, there have been calls on...
International confab on Terrorism Minister Bogollagama said he saw this Conference as the start of a process that has the prospect of growing and "to be something like the Shangri La summit that is devoted to discuss, and...
Drafting a better future But APEC cannot undertake this work. It is too broad (the Latin American members have very different security interests) and it is constrained from addressing traditional defence questions by China's...
Colombo International Conference Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama announcing Sri Lanka's plans to host an International Conference on Countering Terrorism (ICCT) from 18-20 October 2007 in Colombo, has described it "as a...
Perils of a new Pacific arms race However, earlier this summer, Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng, a senior general in the Peoples' Liberation Army responded to American anxieties at an international conference in Singapore. He...
At 80 years young, PLA still going strong Perhaps the most daunting challenge of all is how the PLA can successfully carry out its missions while at the same time reassuring the rest of the region and the world that its modernization will...
Multi-pronged approach needed ASEAN countries have a strong tradition of military cooperation, Mr Teo said. These include various training arrangements and the Shangri-La Dialogue, which is a meeting of the ASEAN chiefs of...
Smoke signals from South Block The Defence Minister then sounded a clear warning to the public sector Ordnance Factories (OFs) at their General Managers’ Conference in May this year: reform or risk oblivion. Mr Antony became...
Ups and Downs of America’s Asian Relations Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ speech at an Asian security meeting in June, sponsored by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, brought the US dilemma into sharper...
No-show by US leaders hints at shift in focus The no-shows come despite assurances that the US remains committed to the region, even though the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are continuing.In fact, as late as last month, US Defence Secretary...
Enabling the Indonesian Military Speaking alongside Indonesia’s defense minister in Singapore last month, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the White House intends “to deepen the strategic partnership”...
Antony’s Sudan trip in doubt But the visit seems to have become a victim of bad timing. “The situation in Sudan may force him to cancel. It will be disheartening for soldiers posted in Sudan if the minister visits only...
Antony to visit UN peace corps This will be Antony’s second visit abroad after assuming office nine months ago. He had travelled to Singapore in May for the Shangri La Dialogue regional security conference.The minister is...
China's military build-up 'sows distrust' He also pointed out that Lieutenant-General Zhang Qinsheng, the PLA's chief of military intelligence, said China was prepared to set up a bilateral crisis hotline during last month's Shangri-La...
Australian Defense Minister Visits Jakarta The ambassador said Nelson's visit was part of regular high-level exchanges between Australian and Indonesian security officials Nelson and Minister Sudarsono last met at the Shangri-La...
Peaceful role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces The deepening of the dialogue between our senior officials has taken place, such as the annual June bilateral meeting between your Secretary of National Defense, including Secretary Ebdane, and our...
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Interfaith dialogue could be road to peace In recent decades, some Asian states have developed regional dialogue groupings such as ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), ASEAN Regional Forum, Conference on Interaction and Confidence...
Global chilling China, in contrast, is now viewed from Washington as the lesser of the two evils. Washington has appreciated Beijing’s “positive role” in driving the dialogue with North Korea....
Of Sino-US tensions There has clearly been greater transparency on the part of the Chinese. I think that there are further opportunities for understanding better some of the strategic intentions of the Chinese,"...
Media Availability with Secretary of Defense In terms of whether the developments in terms of meeting the unmet needs in Afghanistan in particular, there have been a number of commitments. There were a number of commitments in Singapore in...
Over to East Asia Aspects of this emerging reality were in evidence during the sixth annual Shangri La Dialogue, so named after the hotel venue, in Singapore in early June. The Asia Security Conference was organised...
Outsiders not needed to patrol Malacca Strait On June 4, Indonesia's Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono called on Japan, China and South Korea to help, including by providing technical assistance to his cash-strapped nation secure the vital...
Caught between devil and deep blue sea That the government appears to be committed to pursuing a military option was hinted at by Sri Lanka’s foreign secretary, Dr Palitha Kohona, when he spoke to an academic audience in Singapore...
'Transparency' clouds Sino-US ties US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates brought it up last weekend at the annual Shangri-la conference in Singapore, contending: "This century's most vexing challenges will require a significant...
Chill descends on US-China relations Speaking at an International Institute for Strategic Studies conference in Singapore, Lt-General Zhang Qinsheng, deputy chief of the Chinese general staff, said US fears were exaggerated. "China...
Cold War parallels arise at Asian meetings Next came the new US Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, describing himself as an old Cold War warrior, who sees many of the principles of that epic US-Soviet struggle as being relevant today....
Bigger role in security architecture In Singapore at the weekend, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates sought to play down Beijing's fears about the joint Japan-US BMD system, arguing that its capabilities were purely aimed at "rogue...
You can bank on this issue lingering US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was the latest US official to face questions over the impasse during his first visit to Asia over the last week. He initially referred questioners to his State...
Shangri-La: Talk is still the best bet THE latest Shangri-La Dialogue lived up to its reputation as Asia's premier security summit.When the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies first launched it, six years ago, only...
To go or not to go:Turkey and northern Iraq But the American defence secretary, Robert Gates, said this week that the United States was squarely opposed to unilateral Turkish action, which would destabilise the only calmish bit of Iraq. The...
Call for S. Korea's continued role In a meeting with Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo in Singapore last week, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates already asked for Seoul to play a continuing role in Afghanistan."The two sides also...
Missile system affects China's security Australia said on Tuesday that it is considering taking part in the US and Japan's missile defense system, to counter new threats including Pyongyang's missile arsenal. The announcement followed...
Lawless Set for His Last SPI Talks in Seoul It will likely be the last trip to Seoul by Lawless as a senior U.S. defense official as he is to resign in July. Lawless is known as a hard-line official in South Korea-U.S. alliance issues. But he...
The Great Wail Of China Indeed, they still do, and "they" now includes Russia's strategic ally in what is looming as a new Cold War, China. Last week China's Foreign Ministry expressed "grave concerns"...
Singapore rejigs Asia security risks Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was mostly optimistic about Asian security when he gave the opening address to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore last weekend, but he considered that three...
Visiting German Minister pushes for sales Jung, who reached here on Monday, had earlier met Antony on the sidelines of the Shangrila Dialogue in Singapore and will visit Islamabad later this week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is also...
India, China to Hold Maneuvers The exercise is a significant step, with Indian Defense Minister A K Antony recently saying in Singapore that there has been considerable movement in confidence-building measures on the Sino-Indian...
PLA embarks on a slow journey to transparency The remarkable thing was that the questions were not planted - and the fact did not pass unnoticed. An analyst who was in the auditorium at the Shangri-La Hotel here called it a 'new start'.Indeed,...
US aid to Indonesian military under threat At the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, administration sources revealed that Jakarta took the lead in crafting a joint statement when US Defence Secretary Robert Gates met his Indonesian...
Turkish troops 'chase Kurds in Iraq' The US military said it could not confirm the reports but was "very concerned". Turkey has been threatening an attack into Iraqi Kurdistan in recent weeks and, last weekend, Robert Gates,...
Missile defense system 'could harm stability' Jiang's remarks comes after a weekend conference on Asian security held in Singapore, during which the US and Japan discussed building a joint missile defense system. The two countries said the...
Asia facing dangerous power shifts GRAEME DOBELL: Singapore sounded the alarm at the weekend, with its warning of the danger of a new cold war between China and the United States because of rising American trade...
China to oppose U.S. missile defense shield An Asia-Pacific defense conference was held in Singapore last week. It may be seen as yet another regional event at the backdrop of the continued deterioration of U.S.-Russia relations following U.S....
China warns US, Japan against missile defense "It is not conducive to mutual trust of major nations and regional security," Ms. Jiang said. She warned, "It may also cause new proliferation problems." She made the comments in...
Antony meets service chiefs on security After his first foreign visit to participate in the Asian Security Summit in Singapore, Defence Minister A K Antony held a high level meeting with senior officers, including the three service chiefs...
Malaysia, Singapore warn of 'new Cold War' It follows the warning last weekend from Singapore's prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, of the danger of a new Cold War between China and the United States because of rising American trade...
Ebdane’s ‘Work in Progress’ A former police general new to regional security issues, Defense Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. made his debut on the world stage at the recent Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore. He unveiled to...
LTTE poses growing threat outside Sri Lanka The two officials were attending the Shangri-la Dialogue, the premier meeting of defence ministers and top security officials. Organised by the London-based International Institute for Strategic...
Time to end damaging annual ritual Fortunately, the US and China have areas of cooperation that they can build upon. Over the past several years, the two have been cooperating to prevent the Taiwan problem from dragging them into an...
Gates Urges a Stronger Alliance Mr. Gates, who arrived in Paris on Tuesday, was the first American defense secretary to visit France in nearly a decade. He assumed the post in December after being out of government since 1993, and...
Singh says ISI, Pak army helping infiltration The Defence Minister had also come down heavily on Pakistan during the recent Asian Security Summit in Singapore by saying that “more imaginative approaches” were required to resolve the...
Press Conference with Secretary Gates SEC. GATES: What we are looking at, at this point, and what General Durbin is looking at is a combination of two things: first, trying to see if there are some trainers that can be made...
Gates ‘Puzzled’ By Russian Response to plans During a June 3 question-and-answer session at the Asian Security Summit in Singapore, Gates emphasized that the missile defenses in question wouldn’t be technically advanced enough to threaten...
Invading Kurdistan More than four years after the fall of Baghdad, it beggars belief that anyone still has to be persuaded that invading Iraq is a bad idea. Yet Turkey's army is now massed on its south-eastern border,...
Ready for a U.S.-PRC hotline The United States and China are ready to set up a hotline between the Pentagon and PLA headquarters to ward off tensions and foster dialogue. That is good news for peace in the Taiwan Strait:...
Indonesia call for strait help "We would like to appeal to China, Japan and South Korea to provide technical assistance on an Asean-wide basis as well as on a bilateral basis to the littoral states," Indonesia's Defence...
DoD Press Briefing with Secretary Gates I took a little time to share with President Karzai some of the international discussions that I've been involved in with respect to support of Afghanistan, beginning with a meeting in Quebec,...
Japan, Australia discuss security cooperation "We had minimal time to talk at the Shangri-La Dialogue forum in Singapore the other day, and I am very happy to be able to meet you in a bilateral defense ministers' meeting this time,"...
Chinese MFA Regular Press Conference Q: The US is trying actively to deploy the missile defence system in Asia and Europe. First, on the Asia Security Conference in Singapore, the heads from the defence department of Japan and the US...
Sri Lanka assured of increased assistance Sri Lanka has been assured of increased assistance in combating LTTE terrorism, including intelligence sharing, by states attending the Sixth Annual IISS Asian Security Summit held in...
US, Kyrgyzstan discuss expanding ties Gates arrived late Monday after a two-day visit to Afghanistan. He began his overseas tour in Singapore where he called on Asian countries to integrate central Asian nations into the greater Asian...
Defense minister's comment Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo is reported to have told U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on June 2 in Singapore that he would understand if the United States Forces Korea (USFK) uses Korea's...
Indonesia for defence tie-up with India Prof. Sudarsono, who was in Singapore for the Asia Security Conference that concluded on Sunday, said "we have a lot to learn from India" on matters relating to military...
Gates Cites Progress in Afghanistan Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters in Singapore over the weekend that Iranian-made armor-piercing explosives, known as EFPs, are now being used by Afghan...
Nepal in the Context of Asia-Pacific Security The conclusion this past Sunday in Singapore of the annual IISS Asia Security Summit (or Shangri-La Dialogue), which witnessed the largest ever gathering of defense and foreign ministers, plus chiefs...
China's military must be more transparent But at a weekend security conference in Singapore, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates and a senior Chinese general turned down the heat on the simmering dispute.While the US is concerned about the...
Gates Cautious About Gains in Afghanistan American military officials in Afghanistan have also said that they have discovered a type of armor-piercing explosive that has killed hundreds of American troops in Iraq, but until recently had...
Antony seeks more cooperation from Singapore Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said India to continue using his country as a springboard to broaden and deepen its engagement with East Asia.He emphasised the strong ties between the...
Great wall opening up China's new readiness to engage with countries in the region on security and defence matters has been received with optimism by participants to this year's Shangri-La Dialogue, Defence Minister Teo...
Security web not perfect, but will improve Wrapping up the three-day Shangri-La dialogue, he also described the current web of new and old security networks as "far from perfect". "Some fora reflect a past that may no longer be...
Terrorism must be rejected: Ehsan Ul Haq Such sinister campaigns must be exposed and countered firmly. Islam like other great religions advocates message of peace, tolerance and compassion. Terrorism has no religion or nationality. He was...
Indonesia Seeks E. Asian Help To Fight Piracy He said Indonesia lacks the resources to boost the capability of its navy and pointed out that its defense budget is less than that of tiny Singapore."Our country is too large and too...
Don't get complacent about nuclear weapons Mr Goff is challenging the 25 nations attending the Shangri-La conference on Regional Security in Singapore to seriously address the question of nuclear disarmament. He says the world is moving...
India to help Sri Lanka in regional security India assured to help Sri Lanka, as a strategic measure with the growing concerns of LTTE air capability as a regional security threat. The alarm was set when the SL Foreign Minister, Rohitha...
US Wants Korea to Stay Longer in Afghanistan U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has reportedly requested that Korean troops stay longer in Afghanistan. Two Korean detachments - the Dasan engineering unit and the Dong-eui medical unit - are...
China, U.S. Work on Mutual Confidence Both U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Lt. Gen. Zhang Qisheng, the chief of the General Staff of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), openly discussed the establishment of a hot...
China, U.S. Throttle Back Tension Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was great at making headlines but less so at making nations, whether enemies or allies, feel secure. But Rumsfeld's past bombast about...
Gates: Diplomacy Best Way to Confront Iran Speaking at the sixth annual International Institute of Strategic Studies' Asia Security Summit, Gates expressed optimism about progress in curbing North Korea's nuclear ambitions through the...
IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Concludes In his closing remarks, IISS Director-General Dr John Chipman CMG looked to the future, stating that '2008 will see the 50th anniversary of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, and in...
Asia-Pacific defense talks 'helpful' This year's Shangri-La Dialogue saw constructive exchanges among participants as they welcomed China's readiness to discuss security matters with Asia-Pacific countries, analysts said yesterday....
China tries to allay fears China's military, facing US calls for increased transparency on its expanding budget, stepped up efforts this weekend to explain its defence policy to the rest of the world. The People's...
US warns Turkey not to invade Iraq Speaking at a securityconference in Singapore, Mr Gates expressed sympathy for Turkey's "genuine concern with Kurdish terrorism that takes place on Turkish soil". However, he added...
Strains grow over strategy to rein in Iran On Saturday, Robert Gates, US secretary of defence, cited US intelligence estimates that Iran could have a nuclear weapon from 2010/11 to 2014/15. "There are those who believe that that could...
Peace along border with China: Antony Discounting the "minor aberrations" that might take place "here and there" along the LAC, Mr. Antony hailed the latest bilateral accord on the army-to-army joint exercise as...
Air battles: India to help Sri Lanka The "rise of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air power in Sri Lanka is of concern to India also." Emphasising this, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in Singapore on Sunday that...
Sino-US military hotline to be set up China and the United States plan to set up a defense hotline aimed at improving military relations, a top Chinese general said over the weekend. Zhang Qinsheng, deputy chief of the general...
Govt. not planning to scrap CFA: Rohitha The minister told the International Institute for Strategic Studies' conference in Singapore that "the LTTE's capacity to be a threat to international shipping is clear," and that the...
General: Buildup on track President Bush's top military chief stopped by Guam Friday on his way to Singapore, where he joined Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and U.S. Pacific Command Commander Adm. Timothy Keating at the...
China's missile warning Lieutenant General Zhang Qinsheng, deputy chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, told a security conference in Singapore at the weekend that if the current US-Japan joint...
Beijing holds its own at gathering of experts Beijing may not have had the highest-powered delegation at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual informal gathering of defence ministers and military analysts, but it was the team on everybody's lips....
Security networks need to evolve carefully The International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue is a security summit attended by top defence officials from more than 20 countries.Mr Teo delivered a speech on security...
US hints at China role in missile shield Dr Gates' comments came on the fringes of an informal gathering of regional defence officials and analysts in Singapore.Beijing's lead delegate to the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, the PLA's General...
Indonesia seeks wider China and Japan role Tokyo and Beijing could play a role in the maritime security of South-east Asia, Indonesia's Defence Minister suggested, urging the region to consider strengthening military ties with the two East...
US offers to discuss missile defence plans UNITED States Defence Secretary Robert Gates said he was willing to discuss Washington's missile defence plans with Beijing to allay concerns over the issue.Speaking to a group of journalists on the...
China's high-level participation welcomed Mr Nigel Inkster of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the organisers of the event, said the Chinese have brought a big change to the Shangri-La Dialogue by gunning up the...
PM holds talks with 2 defence ministers The attending ministers noted the Shangri-La Dialogue's (SLD) role in promoting transparency and mutual trust in regional security matters.Together with Germany and Sri Lanka, whose governments were...
S'pore, Germany partners in security POLITICAL leaders of Asia and guests from Europe, North America and other parts of the world gathered in Singapore over the weekend for the Shangri-La Dialogue, during which they discussed current...
PLA in Shangri La After years of refusing to join the annual Shangri La dialogue on Asia Pacific security in Singapore, China made an impressive political debut this year. The dialogue, organised by the International...
S Korea agrees to use shared funds The U.S. has been under criticism from South Korean civic groups that it is inappropriately trying to use SMA funds for the relocation of the Second Infantry Division, for which Washington is...
Pace Promotes Cooperation with Malaysia Pace said he is optimistic about continuing good relations with China. “China is a very important part of the global community. They continue to grow and to prosper. They are modernizing their...
The Shangri-la Dialogue: Beyond Talk With its hugely successful brand, the Shangri-la Dialogue, the largest annual gathering of defense ministers and military chiefs of staff in the Asia-Pacific region, provided a stage for...
US, China to set up military hotline The annual Shangri-La Dialogue, named after the Singapore hotel at which the event has been held since its launch in 2002, and organized by the London-based International Institute for Strategic...
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Hilfe aus Asien für Afghanistan Die asiatischen Länder wollen sich beim Wiederaufbau Afghanistans stärker beteiligen. Das sagte Verteidigungsminister Jung am Sonntag am Rande der Sicherheitskonferenz Shangri-La in...
Asiatische Länder sagen Hilfen Beim Wiederaufbau Afghanistans wollen sich die asiatischen Länder in Zukunft stärker beteiligen. Bei der asiatischen Sicherheitskonferenz Shangri-La-Dialog seien konkrete Zusagen gemacht...
Asia-Pacific security an evolving web The IISS has convened this summit in Singapore since 2002. It signed an agreement with the Ministry of Defence to hold the forum in the city state until 2011.The dialogue, noted Mr Teo, is...
Conflict May Affect Oil Exploration The government is seeking bids from overseas energy companies for the rights to three offshore oil blocks on the island's west coast. The operations of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Tigers' navy,...
Tigers Must Want Negotiated Peace “The position for holding talks is the belief in a negotiated settlement,'' said Rohitha Bogollagama, Sri Lanka's minister of foreign affairs, in an interview today at an Asian security...
Border situation worrying: Antony Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Saturday expressed concern over cross-border terrorism and proliferation of ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons in India's neighbourhood. Speaking in Singapore at...
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US urges Asia to rid causes of extremism US Defence Secretary Robert Gates yesterday declined to say if the international community was winning the war on terrorism but called on Asian countries to do more to tackle the underlying causes of...
Rebels planned truck bombing in Colombo "We believe that they were going to take it to Colombo... We were very lucky the police was able to intercept it," he told reporters on the sidelines of an international defence forum in...
Help us secure vital waterway "What we lack in Indonesia is effective capacity to deploy resources, equipment, ships," Sudarsono said at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue regional security conference organised by the...
Dialogue to be held here till 2011 THE Shangri-La Dialogue, which boasts the largest-ever participation from defence ministers and security specialists this year, will continue to be hosted in Singapore till 2011. That year will also...
Terror fight also needs development "What the world did not see were the operations that applied the combination of hard and soft approaches to addressing terrorism," Ebdane told the Shangri-La Dialogue of senior Asian...
Indonesia wants help to secure waterway Indonesia's defence minister called on Japan, China and South Korea on Sunday to help his cash-strapped nation secure the vital Malacca Straits, the busiest sea lane in the world.Juwono Sudarsono...
US offers China briefings on missile defence US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday offered China briefings on the US missile defence system to reassure them that it does not threaten China's nuclear deterrent.His remarks, at the end of a...
Defense chief calls for patience with North "The process of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula will move forward stably when all parties to the talks embrace a patient and cooperative posture in managing the North Korean nuclear...
US, China play down rising tension RISING tensions over China's military build-up were yesterday nudged down a notch or two by the principal players themselves - China and the United States.At yesterday's session of the Shangri-La...
US seeks Asia's help in Afghanistan Mr Gates, who was addressing the opening plenary session of the Shangri-La Dialogue, also reiterated America's firm commitment to this region. US involvement in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would not...
Asia Security Summit calls for more dialogue The three-day summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, attracted more defense ministers and senior security officials from some 26 countries than in any previous Dialogue. Germany, Sri Lanka...
Indonesia Requests Maritime Security Help A top Indonesian military official is calling for stronger military cooperation with Northeast Asian countries to help keep waterborne trade routes secure. He was speaking at a conference in...
Border situation worrying, says Antony Speaking in Singapore at the Shangri La Dialogue on the role of China and India in building international stability, Antony said India still had unresolved border issues and it had been facing the...
Minister praises China's readiness to engage Singapore's Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean has praised China's new readiness to engage with countries in the region on security and defence matters. Speaking to the media at the end of the three-day...
Sixth Asia Security Summit ends in Singapore The sixth Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, wrapped up here on Sunday following participants from over 20 countries and regions exchanged views over a wide range of issues...