Asia and Pacific
The rebalance and the sequester
US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel was in full reassurance mode at the Shangri-La Dialogue over the weekend. Not so US congressman Randy Forbes in an interview on the rebalance…
Commentary
Shangri La Dialogue: Hints of stormy weather ahead
In this article on The Diplomat's Flashpoints blog, Rory Medcalf explores the way regional tensions played out at the recent Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore.Rory Medcalf
Books
A few poorly organized men
This is the full pre-print text of 'A few poorly organized men: interreligious violence in Poso, Indonesia' by Dave McRae, published by Brill in May 2013.The hardcopy of…
Self-determination on Pacific agenda
Nic Maclellan is co-author of La France dans le Pacifique and After Moruroa: France in the South Pacific.
Denise Fisher's post on the re-inscription of French Polynesia on the UN…
Commentary
Maritime game-changer revealed at Shangri-La Dialogue
In this article on The Diplomat's Flashpoints blog, Rory Medcalf discusses the implications of Chinese naval activity in the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone as…
The China presence at Shangri-La
The Shangri-La Dialogue wrapped up yesterday with an underwhelming speech from PLA Deputy Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Qi Jianguo. Or at least, so I thought. Yoichi…
Shangri-La missile defence
As Rory Medcalf said yesterday, often the most memorable things to come out of big events like the Shangri-La Dialogue are from the working groups rather than the big set-piece…
Is China 'reciprocating' US maritime surveillance?
The best stories from the Shangri-la Dialogue, Asia's leading informal defence gathering, do not come from the public utterances of high-profile figures like Secretary of Defense…
Shangri-La snippets
One of the talking points so far has been how vocal the Chinese delegation has been from the floor. The blunt question put to Secretary Hagel is just one example; in every…
Chuck Hagel at the Shangri-La Dialogue
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has just finished his remarks here at the Shangri La Dialogue in Singapore and has left for bilateral meetings.
What kind of speech was it? I…