The US Secretary of War sidestepped the issue of Taiwan and Iran facing anxious Asian countries at the Shangri La Dialogue, the region’s main security forum.
From the Strait of Hormuz to that of Malacca there is only one step. But Pete Hegseth avoided the conflict in the Middle East in Singapore during his speech at the Shangri La Dialogue in the face of Asian countries hit hard by the energy crisis triggered by the “epic fury” operation against Iran.
American colors on the pocket of his blazer, the Secretary of War swore that “any deal will be a good deal”pressed by questions from senior officers and diplomats gathered at the forum on Asian security on May 30, anxious about the outcome of the negotiations between Donald Trump and the Islamic Republic. Failure to be able to announce a diplomatic breakthrough.
Fragile Sino-American détente
Under the chandeliers of the palace transformed into an entrenched camp in the heart of the lush Southeast Asian city, the head of the Pentagon also avoided another burning issue yet burning in everyone’s minds: Taiwan.
Two weeks after the American president’s meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing, the abrasive Hegseth has resolutely dropped by one…
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