US not disengaging from Asia, seeks ‘partners, not protectorates,’ says Pentagon official
The United States is not disengaging from Asia and is instead “digging in” to maintain a favorable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, but wants its partners to shoulder more responsibility for their defense, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday. Seeking to counter concerns about Washington’s reliability, Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of Defense for Policy, […]