{"id":108455,"date":"2026-05-31T13:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/31\/the-great-indo-pacific-hedge-deeper-defence-ties-as-us-doubts-grow-and-china-ascends-reuters\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:44:09","slug":"the-great-indo-pacific-hedge-deeper-defence-ties-as-us-doubts-grow-and-china-ascends-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/31\/the-great-indo-pacific-hedge-deeper-defence-ties-as-us-doubts-grow-and-china-ascends-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"The great Indo-Pacific hedge &#8211; deeper defence ties as US doubts grow and China ascends &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivgFBVV95cUxNRTBQc0NzWnJaUkU5UmtiRV9yUzNVdjA1MzYxUVd5cXpEUVhqZUdsVVZTazBPX3N4UVJQWFFqYmhKelJzbGtUdjBSOHpvV1BtTlpFTG1TVEM0TUtEeXJoSWVkM0pSQ184bGc4c1hyWXRCdWdxOGlOWTZnZmFiWmRTRVdIdHN4N1d1UmZuQmZjNWhQUnRnTEVJWHB5bmZHNUFCcU80MERuQWt3ZG8wV3J2d1RUVlZFb2FWV0JiT0pn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The great Indo-Pacific hedge &#8211; deeper defence ties as US doubts grow and China ascends<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOdFVhOWNrNDZ0aGQ3eDQ4UW1QR0M1OUlkRGNQUUgxU1c2T2dBX3NxT1VKYWZmZzVITEhHeW55Wnc2M28yU2w2eEJqU2pmSnNTWVNDck5GRFN4amt1M2hWSTYzVW16VE8tT2x4bmtuSW9VcWZxVmFfelNjbkVPcFRfQjZLTDZlZldVbWp2cXJadw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Asia reckons with China as Trump pulls back<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxORWxYY1lSOG9CcmUtYk40bW9BaW03elVMNmxJcGE2Z1RYaEpmRmhQUXVPUGRxaTd5U3Nvc1VNcW5mZGlRUm9OTzV4anZWU1ktbVItU1hoX0NYd2xNMV9lLUNOVjg0V2w2MUg0R29mUWNTVTZhTFhaWnpGSl9BdkJfdEFwTlNwYldULTB6SVBQVkx3RlBMeG53cHphT1lNNl9vVDl1b3NGak5BTnBYOHJ1MQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth Seeks to Convince Allies US Should Stay Quiet on Taiwan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Bloomberg.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNZ2ZvZDNDeGI2TUotZ1JIaTRpUXgxbzJaNW5GQnRES05ld0Vmam1fSGJLS05HYnF3VGxtdVotYUl5c0tPMXpSeVFCR0Y3bW1qTTFXRllYTUVjaDM1Q3RkM0EwMUxhRldxT21NY2ZuTGRQc0VfN1EycWlyLUxSX0FXMC1qb1lWUGtoWUE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth\u2019s Message to Asian Partners: Do More to Get More<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxPalJ1MFVuUmFXZ3FDNXRSVWdXb054YkgyMnlLTHdiNW5kQlhjRndaWVBvWGZjc1JtaHJtcHAzbDJKYzBlRVNOcTdOcG5STXVyNkk0MDBqNEd4eXpORHJWeWdYZThTeG1nRFhnNzY4VTgwSTN3TDVqcG5CZWJXcW5mU1VLYzc0QVXSAYwBQVVfeXFMTjNXMUZ3Z1N4NHNEWWY2bVlhZExIQWszYTd5T2YyVkFfc21MOUtCU1RiNTZmU2dVa0E4TjM3ZW8xVjRIa3pNbVBfaFN2cnp1OTdXZmdNeVA0N2hhU1RHcDZxOVQyN3Y0d2dxLWhjb0RCektiN3l4dlJfTFhMR2had0JkQjYxc1lSN01JaEQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Defense spending, China in Asia and lessons from Ukraine: Takeways from the 2026 IISS Shangri-La Dialogue<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great Indo-Pacific hedge &#8211; deeper defence ties as US doubts grow and China ascends&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters Asia reckons with China as Trump pulls back&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Hegseth Seeks&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/31\/the-great-indo-pacific-hedge-deeper-defence-ties-as-us-doubts-grow-and-china-ascends-reuters\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108455\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}