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Austin has visited the Indo-Pacific 10 times as secretary and treated the region as a team sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last three years, the U.S. has expanded its number of security partners, deepened existing agreements and encouraged them to work more closely together. The leaders of Japan, India, South Korea and the Philippines have all visited Washington for defense-heavy summits. And Austin has visited Shangri-La every year in his tenure, except for a break in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, Austin argued these teams here to stay. The buzzphrase in his speech was \u201ca new convergence,\u201d or that there\u2019s a closer set of partners in the region for Washington because they have a closer set of interests. These small groups working together in the region, Austin argued, are replacing the old \u201chub and spoke\u201d model in which the U.S. stood at the center of a surrounding set of partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His argument is in part an effort reassure countries in the region concerned that the structure is brittle, and could crack if former President Donald Trump returned to the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe progress that we\u2019ve made together is going to last, not just for the next year, but for the next decade and beyond,\u201d Austin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also a message to Beijing, whose government chafes at the perception that other countries in the region are teaming up to contain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin cast himself as a figure of stability in contrast to the top Chinese official in attendance. Adm. Dong Jun is China\u2019s third minister of national defense in three years, and a separate minister refused to meet with Austin during the conference last year. The choice reflected poorly on Beijing in a region concerned with peace, especially in the two superpower\u2019s relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/05\/31\/austin-meets-with-chinese-counterpart-for-first-time-since-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">Austin and Dong met on the sidelines of the conference <\/a>\u2014 the first time the two countries\u2019 top defense officials spoke in person in almost 18 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and China both give speeches each year at the conference and paint the other as the cause of instability. Austin did so by referencing China\u2019s aggression in the South China Sea and its recent exercises around Taiwan, an island Beijing considers a rogue breakaway province. China launched what it called a set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2024\/05\/30\/money-weapons-and-secret-meetings-what-the-pentagon-is-doing-to-arm-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cpunishment\u201d drills after an inauguration speech by Taiwan\u2019s new president<\/a>, seen as more pro-independence than his predecessor by many in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin reiterated the value of \u201cthe peaceful resolution of disputes through dialogue \u2014 and not coercion or conflict \u2014 and certainly not through so-called punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The speech notwithstanding, Austin entered this year\u2019s conference facing crises around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine is defending a fresh Russian advance on Kharkiv, which sits close to the border and where Ukrainian forces made their most stunning advances of the war in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c844g02nl18o\" target=\"_blank\">And Israeli officials continue to say the war in Gaza may continue for at least another six months<\/a>, testing the limits of America\u2019s ability to respond to such a protracted crisis and also Washington\u2019s patience in a war where the U.S. has said too many civilians are dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austin referenced both conflicts in his speech but described them as secondary to the Pentagon\u2019s focus on the Indo-Pacific. Given the election later this year, this could be his last visit to the conference as secretary. 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