Former Straits Times editor-in-chief Warren Fernandez writes with characteristic elegance in his latest RSIS piece, “With or Without You: The U2 Doctrine Comes to Shangri-La”, carried in The Straits Times on June 3, 2026. The piece gives cause for three reflections from this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue: whether middle power coalitions can substitute for hard power; […] The post With or without China, Shangri-La Dialogue is still relevant appeared first on Asia Times .