Beijing normally sends its defense minister to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore but is unlikely to this year.

The Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore will focus on uncertainties over U.S. defense policies, the Ukraine war, and ...

United States Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth will visit Singapore to speak at the Institute of International Security ...

The first step came on April 30th when Mr Hegseth issued a memo to the army. The force had two simple priorities, he wrote: defend the homeland and deter China in Asia. The army was told to expand its ...

Uncertainties over the Trump administration's security policies in Asia and Europe, the protracted war in Ukraine as well as ...

The shift would demote an office that until earlier this year had become one of the most important in the Pentagon.

China's Minister of National Defense, Dong Jun, is unlikely to attend the 2025 Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore at the end of ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's Minister of National Defense Rene Merino Monroy at the Pentagon, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo ...