US Message at Shangri La: Following US Wars in Europe, Africa, & the Middle East, Asia’s Next

“US Secretary Hegseth’s speech was not an offering of peace and stability to Asia, it is the holding of it hostage in exchange for subordination to Washington and Wall Street and the continued primacy of Western interests over Asia decades into the future.

Only time will tell if Asia is prepared to work with China to protect and preserve the hard-fought peace, stability, and prosperity built up together in the decades the US was “distracted” burning much of the rest of Eurasia to the ground, or whether short-sighted, self-serving leaders maneuvered into power through US political interference in the region will succeed in spreading Washington’s death and destruction consuming Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East to Asia as well.“

References:

Beijing Review – US Message at Shangri La: Following US Wars in Europe, Africa, & the Middle East, Asia’s Next (Messages at Shangri-La) (Jun. 9, 2025):

Messages at Shangri-La

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 • IISS Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 | US Secreta…  

US DoD – Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore (As Delivered) (May 31, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches…

US DoD – Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (As Delivered) (Feb. 12, 2025):
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches…

US State Department, Office of the Historian – The Philippine-American War, 1899–1902:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/…

US State Department, Office of the Historian – Joint Statement Following Discussions With Leaders of the People’s Republic of China (1972):
https://history.state.gov/historicald…

US State Department – U.S. Relations With Taiwan (2021-2025):
https://2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-relat…

Reuters –
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UN Digital Library – Resolution 2758, Restoration of the lawful rights of the People’s Republic of China in the United Nations (1971):
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https://history.state.gov/milestones/…

Stars and Stripes – ‘It needs to be a thousand’: US has 500 military trainers on Taiwan, retired admiral says (May 2025):
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