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Singapore \u2014 Saturday evening, a crowd gathered near the doors of the Shangri-La hotel. They were waiting for a speaker, the last one to be announced at the defense conference held there each year, and one not even from the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy entered to this welcome of cameras and cell phones, wearing his usual T-shirt and fatigue-style pants. The next day, he gave the summit\u2019s final address, casting Ukraine as a global country and Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion as a war of global concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe found ourselves in a war that affects everyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyy\u2019s surprise arrival marked the second year of a trend. The Shangri-La Dialogue is Asia\u2019s top defense summit, but since 2022, it\u2019s become more European as officials from the continent see Russia\u2019s war as an omen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEurope has woken up about the fact that despite the great geographical distance of the Taiwan Strait to Europe, that the impact [of a war] on Europe\u2019s economy would be enormous,\u201d said Bonnie Glaser, an expert on China at the German Marshall Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And yet, despite this concern, it\u2019s not clear that many Asian officials see the same warning \u2014 or that Ukraine is even the war they care about the most right now. Israel\u2019s campaign against the terrorist group Hamas in Gaza matters more to some countries in the region calling for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There lies the tension with Zelenskyy\u2019s visit. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin the day before described a \u201cnew convergence\u201d of countries in the Indo-Pacific that share a set of ideals, such as respect and sovereignty. European officials visiting Singapore share many of those values and are growing more attentive to the region. But the two region\u2019s security concerns are still far from converging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018An interest in this region\u2019<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Austin himself made this connection in his speech the day before Zelenskyy\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. calls China its top challenge and Austin\u2019s speech reiterated that hierarchy. <\/a>And yet, while answering questions after his address, Austin pointed to the many European officials in the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not in the room because I invited him,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re in the room because they have an interest in this region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Countries such as the Netherlands and Germany<\/a> have temporarily deployed ships to the Indo-Pacific, with a Dutch frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait just before the conference began. Britain also has a more enduring commitment to the region now as part of the AUKUS defense pact, an agreement with the U.S. on nuclear-powered submarines and advanced technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zelenskyy\u2019s arrival was like a crescendo atop these different notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin met with him and a group of Ukrainian defense officials on the sidelines of the conference. According to a Pentagon readout, they discussed U.S. assistance and pledged to stay at Ukraine\u2019s side. Zelenskyy later wrote on the social media app X<\/a> that the two discussed air defense and the delivery of F-16 fighter jets, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Austin and others at the conference had already been linking Asian and European interests in reference to China, where companies have supported Russia\u2019s defense industry throughout the war<\/a>. In a meeting with Chinese Minister of National Defense Adm. Dong Jun, Austin warned that there would be consequences if Chinese companies continued that support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe said quite clearly that if China\u2019s support for Russia\u2019s defense sector continues, then the United States with our allies will have to take further measures,\u201d a senior American defense official told reporters afterward<\/a>, declining to elaborate further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A linkage?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Several countries in the region also see their interests in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan, Australia and South Korea are among the countries that have supported Ukraine during the war, whether through aid, sanctions or equipment. Taiwan sees Russia\u2019s invasion as a potential harbinger of a potential attack from China, which considers the island a rogue breakaway province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis was a topic of conversation in all of our meetings in Taiwan, whether or not we stand by Ukraine,\u201d said Sen. Chris Coons, D-De., who co-chaired a congressional delegation to the island and then Singapore, in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But not all countries in the region agree with this linkage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTaiwan is not Ukraine and neither is China Russia,\u201d said Singapore defense Minister Ng Eng Hen in a speech just before Zelenskyy\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while many of the speakers referenced Ukraine, the war in Gaza also loomed over the conference. The president-elect of Indonesia, which has a large Muslim population, said his country was ready to send a peacekeeping force to the strip to maintain a ceasefire. The first question Zelenskyy got after his speech was about Ukraine\u2019s stance on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notwithstanding, Zelenskyy continued to argue that the audience should care about Russia\u2019s war. His speech described the conflict as global, discussing partners supporting Kyiv from outside NATO and also the effects of Russia\u2019s aggression elsewhere, such as the food scarcity it created for northern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need the support of Asian countries,\u201d Zelenskyy argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That doesn\u2019t mean he expects more countries to send Ukraine weapons. In a Q&A after his speech, he mentioned a \u201cpeace summit\u201d Ukraine is holding in Switzerland later in June as an example of non-military ways to contribute. That said, he didn\u2019t seem to be taking it for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ending his speech, he thanked Singapore for the invitation to the conference, and then he addressed the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you for your attention,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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