At this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent mixed signals. On one hand, he emphasized that China is the biggest threat in the Indo-Pacific region, asserting that the U.S. is a regional power and will not leave. On the other hand, he pledged that the U.S. does not seek to encircle China, […]
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