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The Shangri-La shockwave and the death of automatic assurance
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore that the US will no longer subsidize the defense of wealthy nations, introducing a new doctrine of 'pragmatic idealism.' This marks a structural shift in global security policies.
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