Asia's premier defense forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue, will focus on the implications of the Xi-Trump summit for regional security. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth's speech is anticipated as a key indicator of stabilized US-China relations.

The results of the Xi-Trump summit and their implications for regional security will take centre stage this week during Asia’s largest defence forum, the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, according to analysts. Zhu Feng, dean of Nanjing University’s School of International Studies, said US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech at the forum would serve as an important gauge of how much the talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump had helped stabilise...