U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, foreground right, speaks with John Chipman, the director-general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, during the institute's Shangri-La 130601-D-BW835-023

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, foreground right, speaks with John Chipman, the director-general and chief executive of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, during the institute's Shangri-La Dialogue 2013 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore June 1, 2013. Hagel was slated to meet with Asian defense ministers during the event before continuing to Brussels to attend a NATO ministerial meeting.