{"id":54535,"date":"2018-05-31T21:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T21:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/31\/in-asia-mattis-to-face-allies-seeking-answers-on-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:26:55","slug":"in-asia-mattis-to-face-allies-seeking-answers-on-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/31\/in-asia-mattis-to-face-allies-seeking-answers-on-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"In Asia, Mattis to face allies seeking answers on North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SINGAPORE \u2014 As international defense chiefs gather at a conference in Singapore this week, U.S. officials will face a barrage of questions from allies struggling to unravel the chaotic fits and starts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/27\/south-korean-leader-says-kim-jong-un-commits-to-summit-with-trump-denuclearization\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">American and North Korean diplomacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/24\/trump-cancels-summit-with-north-korean-leader\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Will there actually be a summit<\/a>? Is North Korea really willing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/trump-says-north-korea-agreed-to-denuclearize-it-hasnt\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">give up its nuclear program<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/05\/03\/will-we-stay-or-will-we-go-a-look-at-removing-us-troops-from-south-korea\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Will America pull troops<\/a> out of South Korea? What does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/25\/mattis-good-news-on-north-korea-summit\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the on-again, off-again summit<\/a> confusion say about the stability of broader U.S. policy-making? And, is it all just doomed to fail?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, the visiting Americans may have very few answers as high-level diplomacy plays out back at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/22\/road-to-north-koreas-denuclearization-is-littered-with-failure\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18111355411423.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Road to North Korea\u2019s denuclearization is littered with failure<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">While Seoul and Washington welcomed Pyongyang\u2019s declaration on Saturday to suspend further intercontinental ballistic missile tests and shut down its nuclear test site, the past is littered with failure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to reporters traveling with him to the annual Shangri-La Dialogue, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis batted away questions about the North Koreans and the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Department diplomats are handling it, he said, suggesting they would be able to answer questions better than \u201cthose of us on the outside of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But his message behind the scenes to counterparts from across the Asia-Pacific region may be more expansive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think there\u2019s going to be a lot of back-channel diplomacy and conversations going on,\u201d said Sue Mi Terry, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. \u201cI think it\u2019s really hard to have a message. There are all kinds of mixed signals coming out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18132500541173.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18132500541173.jpg.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18132500541173.jpg.jpg?resize=300,185 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18132500541173.jpg.jpg?resize=768,473 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this May 11, 2018, file photo, a man watches a TV screen showing file footage of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea.  (Lee Jin-man\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump, who unexpectedly agreed to the planned June 12 meeting then abruptly canceled it last week, has since signaled increasing optimism that the summit will go on. This week, teams from the U.S. and North Korea are meeting in the Korean village of Panmunjom, which straddles the border inside the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ. Another team is meeting in Singapore to go over logistics for the summit, which would take place there. And Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was meeting Thursday with an aide to leader Kim Jong Un in New York, who could travel to Washington on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The message to North Korea, said Asia experts and former U.S. defense and diplomatic officials, is that the United States is interested in negotiations, but also is not afraid to walk away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But to other nations it may appear confusing and cobbled together with no clear plan of engagement. And Terry said Mattis will have to calm South Korean and Japanese allies impacted by Trump\u2019s rapid-fire decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/24\/heres-the-challenge-coin-for-the-north-korea-us-summit-that-never-was\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/coin.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Here\u2019s the challenge coin for the North Korea-US summit that never was<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The trip began to unravel after the US suggested North Korea de-nuclearization could follow a model leading to the ouster of the North Korean leader.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis and others, said Terry, will need to pick up the pieces and do a lot of \u201calliance management.\u201d Allies will need assurances that while the U.S. wants to work for peace on the divided Korean Peninsula, it also remains committed to militarily defending South Korea, Japan and others in the region if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the U.S. will also need to calm broader worries from allies troubled about uncertainty and mixed messages coming from the administration and what that could mean for their own relations with America down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis told reporters what his message to allies will be: \u201cWe\u2019re unwavering in our focus out here. We\u2019re unapologetic about standing with our allies and our partners and ensuring freedoms &#8212; from freedom of navigation and use of airspace to countries making their own sovereign decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The national security conference, sponsored by the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank, draws defense ministers, security experts and business people. It has often been a platform for U.S. criticism of China \u2015 and strong reactions from Chinese representatives in the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American defense chiefs have repeatedly anchored their annual speeches with warnings to China about its development of manmade islands in the disputed South China Sea, and its use of intimidation to assert territorial claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/31\/why-china-still-encourages-contacts-with-the-us-military-despite-exclusion-from-major-naval-exercise\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/14607310897_f209be1ccd_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why China still encourages contacts with the US military despite exclusion from major naval exercise<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">China\u2019s Defense Ministry on Thursday said it hoped for continued exchanges with the American military despite being disinvited from a major U.S.-sponsored naval exercise this summer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years in a row then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel used the podium to call out Beijing for cyberspying against the U.S. And then-Pentagon Chief Leon Panetta chose that speech in 2012 to provide the first details of America\u2019s shift of troops and ships to the Pacific, which was largely aimed at countering China\u2019s growing influence in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, Mattis was sharply critical of what he called Beijing\u2019s disregard for international law by its \u201cindisputable militarization\u201d of the artificial islands. And his speech on Saturday will likely sound some similar notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. last week publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/05\/23\/china-was-just-uninvited-from-rimpac-heres-why\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">disinvited the Chinese navy<\/a> from a large, multinational military exercise later this summer in retaliation for Beijing\u2019s move to put weapons systems on some of the islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While many allies applaud the U.S. taking a tough stance on the South China Sea, they also know that Beijing can play a key role influencing North Korea in the nuclear negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to attending the conference, Mattis expects to meet with counterparts from a number of allied nations including South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Australia and India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As international defense chiefs gather at a conference in Singapore this week, U.S. officials will face a barrage of questions from allies struggling to unravel the chaotic fits and starts of American and North Korean diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":92793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":8,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,8,12,26,62],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1354],"class_list":["post-54535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-flashpoints","category-news","category-newsletters","category-pentagon-congress"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"P2KICV33INHUBBZKOTTVTXCBMY","arc_canonical_url":"\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/31\/in-asia-mattis-to-face-allies-seeking-answers-on-north-korea\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In Asia, Mattis to face allies seeking answers on North Korea - Navy Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As international defense chiefs gather at a conference in Singapore this week, U.S. officials will face a barrage of questions from allies struggling to unravel the chaotic fits and starts of American and North Korean diplomacy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Asia, Mattis to face allies seeking answers on North Korea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As international defense chiefs gather at a conference in Singapore this week, U.S. officials will face a barrage of questions from allies struggling to unravel the chaotic fits and starts of American and North Korean diplomacy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/05\/31\/in-asia-mattis-to-face-allies-seeking-answers-on-north-korea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Navy Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-31T21:32:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-08T09:26:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lolita C. 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