SINGAPORE—Government leaders, defense officials and diplomats from around the world are gathering in Singapore for Asia’s premier security forum this weekend, at a time of increasing tension and competition for influence between the United States and China in the Indo-Pacific region.
Beijing in recent years has been rapidly expanding its navy and is becoming growingly assertive in pressing its claim to virtually the entire South China Sea, which has led to an increasing number of direct conflicts with other countries in the region, most notably the Philippines and Vietnam.
Marcos opens this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, with a keynote address Friday. “I don’t think these countries are really looking to go to war with each other, but the concern with these skirmishes is that sometimes when you have a miscalculation, then things could rapidly deteriorate into the use of force,” he said.
Bilateral contact between the American and Chinese militaries broke down in 2022 after then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, infuriating Beijing. The two were expected to talk about establishing a channel of direct communication between military commanders responsible for the area around Taiwan and the rest of the region, said Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Col. Marty Meiners.
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