Lesley Seebeck is an independent consultant and co-author of "Countering the Hydra," a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
As ministers and senior government officials convene in Singapore for the regular Shangri-La Dialogue, their attention will be focused on the increasing prospect of great power conflict. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with an estimated 20,000 dead after less than four months, is a reminder of the lethality of conventional conflict.
