{"id":155858,"date":"2026-08-10T10:07:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155858"},"modified":"2026-08-10T10:07:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T10:07:26","slug":"us-digging-in-to-asia-but-wants-partners-not-dependency-pentagonunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155858","title":{"rendered":"US \u2018digging in\u2019 to Asia but wants \u2018partners not dependency\u2019: PentagonUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe \u2060United States is \u2060not disengaging from Asia and \u2060is instead \u201cdigging in\u201d to maintain a favourable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, but wants its partners to shoulder more responsibility for their defence, a senior Pentagon official said on \u200cMonday.<br \/>\nSeeking to counter concerns about Washington\u2019s reliability, Elbridge Colby, Undersecretary of Defence for Policy, reiterated the US interest in the region as he called for greater burden-sharing and \u201cpartnership, not dependency\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cAmerica is&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3363543\/us-digging-asia-wants-partners-not-dependency-pentagon?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe \u2060United States is \u2060not disengaging from Asia and \u2060is instead \u201cdigging in\u201d to maintain a favourable balance of power in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155858"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}