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Shangri-La Dialogue: Implications for Asia-Pacific Stability

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Shangri-La Dialogue: Implications for Asia-Pacific Stability
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the 22nd International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on May 31, 2025. Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images
June Teufel Dreyer
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As May ended, delegates from 47 countries gathered in Singapore for the 22nd annual Shangri-La Dialogue. Named for the hotel where it is held and sponsored by London’s prestigious International Institute for Strategic Studies, attendees included prime ministers, defense ministers, and policymakers. Indo-Pacific security was its primary focus. 
June Teufel Dreyer
June Teufel Dreyer
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June Teufel Dreyer is a professor of politics at the University of Miami, a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a faculty adviser to the Rumsfeld Foundation, and a former commissioner of the congressionally-mandated U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Her books include studies on China’s ethnic minorities, Sino-Japanese relations, a comprehensive treatment of Chinese government now in its 10th edition, and an edited volume on Taiwan politics.