The 14th Asia Security Summit (Shangri-La Dialogue) was held in Singapore in May 2015. The Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) is a ‘Track One’ inter-governmental security forum held annually by an independent think tank, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) which is attended by defense ministers, permanent heads of ministries and military chiefs of 28 Asia-Pacific states. The forum gets its name from the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore where it has been held since 2002.