The acceptance of the dominance of the United States and China would be diminished if their policies were perceived to be lopsided against the national interests of other countries, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen yesterday in a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue. Countries...
Dr Ng said the challenge for both the US and China, amid their bilateral struggle, is to offer that"inclusive and over-arching" moral justification for acceptance by all countries, big and small, of their dominance beyond military might.He also warned that shifting economic dependencies could lead to parallel blocs with strong divisions between them.
In his speech, General Ryamizard said that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was a result of the domestic political conflict in those countries and had nothing to do with religious factors, as he highlighted the threat of terrorism with returning ISIS fighters from the Middle East.
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