Where is the Shangri-La Defense Ministers’ Meeting held?

Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore.

The Shangri-La Dialogue is an annual forum jointly organized by the British Institute for International Strategic Studies and the Singapore Ministry of Defence’s Asian Security Summit Office. It is held every June at the Singapore Shangri-La Hotel in the center of Singapore, hence the name "Shangri-La" dialogue meeting”. Its distinctive feature is that "Track One and a Half" has both official background and the participation of unofficial scholars and experts.

Compared with the Munich Security Conference, which was born in the 1960s and focused on European defense, the Shangri-La Dialogue belongs to "young people". It has gone through 19 sessions since it was first held in 2002, but this does not hinder its It has expanded rapidly and has now become one of the most influential multilateral platforms for discussing Asia-Pacific security.

Significance of the Shangri-La Conference

The Shangri-La Dialogue, also known as the Asian Security Conference, is considered the most important annual security forum in the region. The topics cover the role of military modernization in the regional balance of power. changes in regional security structures and alliances, as well as cross-border threats such as terrorism, piracy, climate change and natural disasters, to name a few.

This dialogue will set up five major topics, namely U.S. defense policy in the era of austerity, protecting freedom of navigation, deterrence and regional stability, new forms of war: networks, unmanned aerial vehicles and new threats, and global and emerging new risks to Asia-Pacific security. At the same time, five special closed-door meetings will also be held during this meeting, namely: how to prevent disputes in the South China Sea, armed forces and domestic emergencies, dangers and opportunities in Northeast Asia, submarines and regional security, and South Asia is growing safety hazard.