{"id":21576,"date":"2026-06-01T04:04:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21576"},"modified":"2026-06-01T04:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T04:04:42","slug":"u-s-defense-secretary-europe-should-learn-from-experiences-of-asian-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/01\/u-s-defense-secretary-europe-should-learn-from-experiences-of-asian-allies\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Defense Secretary: Europe should learn from experiences of Asian allies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Pete Hegseth, U.S. Defense Secretary has criticized some European members of NATO, saying Western Europe should learn from the approach and experience of Asian partners.<br>Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Hegseth praised Asian countries for increasing defense spending and maintaining close coordination with the United States in response to growing challenges posed by China.<br>According to reports, he said Washington works closely with its partners when common interests are at stake and prefers practical cooperation over political disputes and pressure when differences arise.<br>In response, Western European officials stressed that NATO remains a strong and united military alliance.<br>The remarks come amid ongoing discussions between the United States and some of its European allies over defense spending and the sharing of security responsibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Pete Hegseth, U.S. Defense Secretary has criticized some European members of NATO, saying Western Europe should learn from the approach and experience of Asian partners.Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Hegseth praised Asian countries for increasing defense spending and maintaining close coordination with the United States in response to growing challenges posed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21576"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21576"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21578,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21576\/revisions\/21578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}