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 ...

Southeast Asian leaders will express deep ... where the Shangri-La Dialogue forum is expected to draw defence chiefs including US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, while French President Emmanuel ...

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.

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 ...