Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is delivering a speech in Singapore. His address comes as part of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He’s set to begin his speech at around 8:30 p.

At an international forum in Singapore, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. is refocusing its strength and policies on deterring China, and coaxed China's neighbors and U.S. allies to help.

Pete Hegseth reaffirmed in a speech in Singapore that the U.S. does not seek conflict with China, but to deter China the U.S. "is preparing for war, to deter war."

China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Singapore leaders to bolster military ties amid Indo-Pacific tensions.

China issued a blistering response after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "the threat China poses is real."

China accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of espousing a “Cold War mentality” in a speech “filled with provocations” in Singapore on Saturday. “Hegseth deliberately ignored the call for peace

With a growing focus on the Indo-Pacific region, the defense secretary and DNI's trip to Singapore underscores her evolving role on the global stage.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he came to Asia’s preeminent security forum to talk “tanks, not tariffs.” But for other leaders, Trump’s trade war was hard to set aside.

In his first major policy address in the Indo-Pacific, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a pointed, but strategically ambiguous, warning to China not to act on its long-stated desire to make the self-governing island of Taiwan part of the mainland under Beijing’s rule.