(Bloomberg) – The US for the first time refused to send themselves to any uniformed military or government staff to speak to a key security conference organized by the United Kingdom and this year in Japan, although regional allies seek to strengthen coordination.
The Pacific Future Forum, which took place on Friday and Saturday on board the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in the Gulf of Tokyo, presents British and Japanese ministers of defense as speakers and higher military officials from Japan and Western nations.
According to people familiar with this matter, he was among those who were acquainted with this matter, among those who were familiar with this matter, Fred W. Kacher’s seventh, but did not receive any response.
The seventh fleet did not respond immediately to the request for comment outside working hours. Mark Sedwill, chairman of the Pacific future forum, refused to comment.
In July, the Pentagon pulled out from the security forum Aspen in Colorado, and the spokeswoman said “promoting evil of globalism, contempt for our great country and hatred of the President of the United States.” Later this month the Ministry of Defense reportedly issued a note that suspended participation in privately organized forums. The Pacific future forum is government.
Mark Montgomery, a former US admiral, said in a panel discussion that he was “ashamed” that the US had not sent any lecturers to the future Pacific forum. In May, China broke with typical practice by refusing to send its best military diplomat to the Shangri-LA dialogue in Singapore, another main security conference.
Alessio Patalano, a professor of war and strategy in East Asia at King’s College London, said on the Pacific Future forum that it was “remarkable” that the US decided not to send any official participants to the event. The US missed “the opportunity to be on the stage next to NATO and East Asia’s allies to discuss the value of ever closer ties,” Patalano said.
The Pacific Future Forum, which took place for the first time in 2018, is usually called in Europe and known as Atlantic Future Forum. According to the forum organizers, it was held before, all with the US official participation. This year, the location moved to Japan for the deployment of Prince Wales to Asia, where she participated in training exercises in Australia.
In 2024, the US participants were military and diplomatic staff, such as Major Major Robert Sofge, who was at that time commander of the US naval forces in Europe and Africa.
(Update with comment in the seventh paragraph by professor. The previous version of this story was repaired by spelling “Mark Sedwill”)
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