As Pete Hegseth reshapes the US military into a hyper-masculine zone of ‘warfighters’, we should ask if this is really who we want to be ‘good friends’ with
The Shangri-La Dialogue, held in Singapore at the weekend, is a little bit like Christmas for security boys.
There’s lots of big talk – of great power competition, reshaping the strategic landscape, and the deteriorating strategic environment (all said with serious, knowing faces). And there are lots of weapons announcements.