THROUGH OUR SECURITY COOPERATION WE ARE BUILDING CLOSER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OUR MILITARIES －－ AND OUR ECONOMIES －－ ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO ENDURING TRUST
A THIRD THEME IS STRENGTHENING RULE OF LAW， CIVIL SOCIETY， ＆ TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE. THIS IS THE SUNLIGHT THAT EXPOSES THE MALIGN INFLUENCE THAT THREATENS SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. OUR DEFENSE ENGAGEMENTS REINFORCE THIS THEME， － WHETHER OUR PROFESSIONAL MIL EDUCATION， OR COMBINED MIL EXERCISES， OR IN THE DAY－TO－DAY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN OUR SOLDIERS， SAILORS， AIRMEN， MARINES ＆ COASTGUARDSMEN AND THE ARMED FORCES FROM ACROSS THIS REGION
A FOURTH THEME IS PRIVATE－SECTOR－LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE U.S. RECOGNIZES THE REGION’S NEED FOR GREATER INVESTMENT， INCLUDING IN INFRASTRUCTURE. WE ARE REINVIGORATING OUR DEVELOPMENT ＆ FINANCE INSTITUTIONS TO ENABLE US TO BE BETTER， MORE RESPONSIVE PARTNERS
U.S. AGENCIES WILL WORK MORE CLOSELY W／ REGIONAL ECONOMIC PARTNERS TO PROVIDE END－TO－END SOLUTIONS THAT NOT ONLY BUILD TANGIBLE PRODUCTS， BUT ALSO TRANSFER EXPERIENCE ＆ AMERICAN KNOW－HOW SO GROWTH IS HIGH－VALUE AND HIGH－QUALITY，
－ NOT EMPTY PROMISES ＆ SURRENDER OF ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY…
THE U.S. STANDS READY TO COOPERATE W／ ALL NATIONS TO ACHIEVE THIS VISION. WHILE A FREE ＆ OPEN INDO－PACIFIC IS IN ALL OF OUR INTERESTS， IT WILL ONLY BE POSSIBLE IF WE ALL PULL TOGETHER TO UPHOLD IT
TO PROTECT SHARED PRINCIPLES， WE WILL CONTINUE PARTNERING W／ EXISTING REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS. CENTRAL AMONG THESE， OF COURSE， IS：－ ASEAN AND THE INSTITUTIONS IT CREATED， SUCH AS THE ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM， THE ASEAN DEFENSE MINISTERS MEETING PLUS； ＆ THE EAST ASIA SUMMIT；
－ THE ASIA－PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM；
－ ＆TRILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL MECHANISMS OF LIKE－MINDED PARTNERS
A CENTRAL ELEMENT OF OUR STRATEGY IS THE STRENGTHENING OF OUR ALLIANCES ＆ PARTNERSHIPS IN TERMS OF MUTUAL BENEFIT ＆ TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING BY， WITH， AND THROUGH ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO ADDRESS COMMON CHALLENGES， ENHANCE SHARED CAPABILITIES， INCREASE DEFENSE INVESTMENT WHERE APPROPRIATE， IMPROVE INTEROPERABILITY， STREAMLINE INFORMATION SHARING， AND BUILD NETWORKS OF CAPABLE AND LIKE－MINDED PARTNERS
IN NORTHEAST ASIA， THE DYNAMIC SECURITY ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ROBUST ALLIANCE AND PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS
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