Gabbard Says US Speech at Shangri-La Summit Shows Commitment to Peace in Indo-Pacific

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Indo-Pacific theater is the priority for the United States.

Tulsi Gabbard, Director of National Intelligence, said on May 31 that the United Statesโ€™ message to Indo-Pacific partners at the Shangri-La Summit was a message of peace.

โ€œThe overarching message is very consistent with what President Trump has been speaking about throughout his administration and his term in office, which is that he wants to be the president of peace,โ€ Gabbard told Fox News from the summit.

She said the region contains many nations, each with complex histories, cultures, and needs that are full of nuance.

โ€œThere are over 40 countries who are present here, over 500 people, and that dialog, that diplomacy, that increasing of understanding between us as countries, is what is essential towards making progress towards that peace and stability, reducing the likelihood of misunderstanding, miscalculation and decisions being made based on either bad information or really just not understanding. Hey, what is the nuance that we need to see here that we may not be catching through the headlines?โ€

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a speech outlining the United Statesโ€™ vision for the Indo-Pacific on May 31, emphasizing its โ€œpeace through strength,โ€ approach.

Hegseth said that the United States is intending to build relationships with other nations that are of mutual benefit and respect for sovereign interests, and not of moralizing or dependency.

โ€œWeโ€™re not here to preach to you about climate change or cultural issues. Weโ€™re not here to impose our will on you. Weโ€™re all sovereign nations. We should be able to choose the future we want to build,โ€ he said. โ€œOn this shared foundation of mutual interest and common sense, we will build and strengthen our defense partnerships to preserve peace and increase prosperity.โ€

He shared the United Statesโ€™ own commitment to defense, touching on initiatives such as the Golden Dome missile defense system and a 13 percent increase in defense spending, and reiterated the expectation that partner nations shore up their defenses as well.

โ€œWe are engaging with, enabling, and empowering our alliesโ€”sometimes with tough love, but love nonetheless,โ€ he said. He added that the United Statesโ€™ insistence that NATO allies own more of their own security has freed up the United States to focus on the Indo-Pacific, โ€œour priority theater.โ€

These partnerships of โ€œmutual interestโ€ mean ambitious joint defense training as well as resilient supply chains for everyone, Hegseth said.

Byย Catherine Yang

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