As has been the case every year since 2002 — with the exception of 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic — the first weekend in June saw a flurry of events centred around the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD).
Besides the formal three-day conference, dignitaries and delegates held sideline meetings, including with government agencies and think tanks in Singapore.
It has also made me starkly aware of the amount of effort and thought that goes into Singapore’s pursuit of and commitment to regional and global stability. The attacks would precede the US-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan — leading to a 20-year war in the latter — and shape relations between the US and some of its Asian partners for years to come.
Indeed, terrorism was a key theme at the inaugural SLD in June 2002, held just nine months after the 9/11 attacks. Sceptics may call out the futility of these efforts. The Ma-Xi talks in 2015 and Kim-Trump talks in 2018, for instance, did not seem to have led to a sustained improvement in the respective bilateral ties.
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