What is the Shangri-La Dialogue?
What is the Shangri-La Dialogue?
- The IISS Asia Security Summit was launched in 2002 by British think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Singaporean government.
- This annual dialogue brings together defence ministers and military chiefs from 28 Asia-Pacific countries to talk about security in the region.
It gets its name from the location of the meeting, the Shangri-La hotel in Singapore.
Shangri-La Dialogue
- The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) is an intergovernmental security forum held annually by an independent think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore.
- The Shangri-La Dialogue has evolved into a key strategic gathering of the Asia-Pacific region.
- It is attended by defense ministers, permanent heads of ministries and military chiefs of Asia-Pacific states.
Indian Ocean Rim Association
- The Indian Ocean Rim Association is an inter-governmental organization which was established on 7 March 1997.
- IORA has 21 Member States, mainly littoral Indian Ocean states, and 7 other states as Dialogue Partners.
