Ep. 71: Macron and Hegseth speeches at the 2025 Shangrila Dialogue

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03/06/2025 1h 0min Episodio 72
Ep. 71: Macron and Hegseth speeches at the 2025 Shangrila Dialogue

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Shangrila Dialogue was held in Singapore last week.  French president Macron spoke of the importance of Europe to engage Asia.  US defense secretary Hegseth warns about hedging and implores regional states to spend at least 5% on their defense.  Interestingly, China did not send their defense minister instead an academic delegation from their defense university.

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