As the world watches two great powers stare each other down in a trade war, smaller states are busy devising survival strategies to avoid becoming collateral damage. Many have perfected a delicate diplomatic balancing act in recent years to secure their interests as China ascends to power and the United States pushes back. But as hostilities grow, so too do the stakes for these nations if they are forced to choose sides. The challenges ahead were highlighted at a gathering of global defence chiefs in Singapore on Friday for the Shangri-La Dialogue. It is almost tradition that the annual sec...
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