Shangri-La

Japanese PM Kishida Lays Out Indo-Pacific Strategy in Shangri-La Speech

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minster Fumio Kishida in Japan on May 23, 2022. Office of Prime Minister Photo

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled his strategy for Japan’s role in the Indo-Pacific region during a Friday address at the International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue forum in Singapore.

Referring to it as the ‘Kishida vision for peace’, he said it would comprise five pillars of initiatives: maintaining and strengthening the rules-based free and open...

https://news.usni.org/2022/06/10/japanese-pm-kishida-lays-out-indo-pacific-strategy-in-shangri-la-speech

CNO Gilday: Keeping Littoral Combat Ships Nimble Key to Pacific Deployments, No Plans for 1st Fleet in Singapore

An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 (HSC 21) lands on the flight deck of the independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS-16) on July 5, 2021. US Navy Photo

KUALA LUMPUR — The Navy is making Littoral Combat Ship deployments in the Indo-Pacific region more flexible and unpredictable, allowing the service to respond to impromptu engagement opportunities and ensuring the LCS are not tied to any fixed location for too long, Chief of Naval...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/28/cno-gilday-keeping-littoral-combat-ships-nimble-key-to-pacific-deployments-no-plans-for-1st-fleet-in-singapore

SECDEF Austin Outlines U.S. Commitment to the Pacific while China Protests U.K. Carrier Operations in South China Sea

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin gives remarks on ‘The Imperative of Partnership’ at the 40th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Fullerton Lecture in Singapore on July 27, 2021. DoD Photo

KUALA LUMPUR – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated America’s commitment to the Indo-Pacific and chided China during his speech at the 40th International Institute for Strategic Studies Fullerton Lecture held in Singapore on Tuesday.

Austin criticized China for its action in the region...

https://news.usni.org/2021/07/27/secdef-austin-outlines-u-s-commitment-to-the-pacific-while-china-protests-u-k-carrier-operations-in-south-china-sea

Shangri-La: Chinese Defense Minister Talks Tough on South China Sea, Taiwan

China’s Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe on June 2, 2019. USNI News Photo

SINGAPORE — China’s Defense Minister General Wei Fenghe struck an uncompromising tone on Taiwan and the South China Sea in his Sunday speech IISS Shangri La Dialogue.

“If anyone dared to split Taiwan from China, the Chinese military has no choice but to fight at all costs to preserve national unity” and defending China’s militarization of disputed territories in the South China Sea as “ the legitimate rights of a...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/02/shangri-la-chinese-defense-minister-talks-tough-on-south-china-sea-taiwan

Shangri-La: Shanahan Stresses Continued U.S. Role in Indo-Pacific

U.S. Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan arrives in Singapore on May 30, 2019. DoD Photo

SINGAPORE – Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan stressed the U.S. commitment to the Indo-Pacific region and highlighted key messages from the Pentagon’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy Report in a Saturday speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue.

Shanahan’s speech mirrored past defense secretary Shangri-La addresses from former SECDEFs Ash Carter and James Mattis in which the United States points out...

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/01/shangri-la-shanahan-stresses-continued-u-s-role-in-indo-pacific

The Department of Defense’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy

The following is The Department of Defense Indo-Pacific Strategy Report, released on June 1, 2019.

From the report

The Indo-Pacific is the Department of Defense’s priority theater. The United States is a Pacific nation; we are linked to our Indo-Pacific neighbors through unbreakable bonds of shared history, culture, commerce, and values. We have an enduring commitment to uphold a free and open Indo-Pacific in which all nations, large and small, are secure in their sovereignty and able to pursue...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/31/the-department-of-defenses-new-indo-pacific-strategy

U.S. Will Unveil New Indo-Pacific Strategy Next Month

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), left, and the Japanese helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga (DDH 181), right, sail in formation with 16 other ships from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) during Keen Sword 19 on Nov. 08, 2018. US Navy Photo

KUALA LUMPUR — The Pentagon will unveil a new Indo-Pacific strategy at the Shangri-La Dialogue this May, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver told a media roundtable in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, last...

https://news.usni.org/2019/04/30/u-s-will-unveil-new-indo-pacific-strategy-next-month

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