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Preview : Shangri-La Dialogue 2026

Singapore's Shangri-La Dialogue gets under way this week. This year's meeting will tackle the biggest current concerns in defence and security, pulling in a mix of ministers, generals, diplomats and even the arms industry. The AMC's Graeme Acton is in Singapore.

ASEAN Leaders Grapple With the Fallout From the Iran War

Carla Teng-Westergaard

Singapore and New Zealand Deepen a Strategic Partnership

Leonard Hong

Could Japan solve New Zealand’s security challenges?

Carlyle Thayer

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Kababayan: From the Philippines to New Zealand, through a garden

Farheen Hussain

Palm Oil’s War Boom Is Testing Southeast Asia’s Limits

Robert Bociaga

Old Friends, New Ambitions: New Zealand and Malaysia.

Graeme Acton

Features

A library born in exile becomes a global refuge for the Chinese diaspora

Carla Teng-Westergaard

Dragons, Trash, and Empty Nets: Inside Komodo’s New Tourism Limits

Robert Bociaga

Relics of an abandoned future — the tangled story of Taiwan’s eerie UFO village

Ruby Dalmer

Opinion & Analysis

Energy Crisis Strikes South East Asia’s Fragile Travel Recovery

Gary Bowerman

Pakistan: Leveraging Geography Into Relevance In The Iran War

Divya Malhotra

Thaksin Is Back, But Thailand Has Changed

Purawich Watanasukh

More opinion & analysis

Key issues

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