Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby emphasized the US priority was to "field a fully operational, resilient architecture of denial defense stretching along the First Island Chain," from Malaysia to Japan

Senior official Elbridge Colby tells Manila audience the US is committed to the Indo-Pacific but expects allies to invest in defence.

MANILA: The United States is not disengaging from Asia and is instead "digging in" to maintain a favourable balance of power in the Indo-Pacific, but wants its partners to…