Lloyd Austin

The U.S. defense chief is the latest senior official to visit the Philippines in a sign of warming ties after a strained period under Marcos's predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte.

Kicking off his visit to Seoul, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend South Korea.

At a defense ministers’ meeting, Japan gets U.S. support to bolster its defenses with “counter strike capabilities.”

The meeting reflects a palpable warming of relations between Bangkok and Washington.

Returning after a pandemic-induced three-year hiatus, the security conference reflected the world's growing uncertainty and tension.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe spoke in Singapore, part of an effort to add “guardrails” to the China-U.S. competition.

Taiwan, Ukraine, and growing U.S.-China competition are all expected to figure during the three-day conference.

For months, Austin has failed to get Gen. Xu Qiliang, deputy chairman of the Party's Central Military Commission, on the phone. Instead, he spoke to lower-ranked Defense Minister Gen. Wei Fenghe.

The Pentagon announced on Tuesday that it decided to station an Apache attack helicopter squadron and artillery division headquarters permanently in South Korea.

The visit will include stops in Vietnam and Singapore, which recently hosted U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.

The visit highlighted both the overlaps and the misalignments between the U.S. and Southeast Asian governments.