The National Defense Strategy is a radical rethinking of America’s defense priorities—but seems unlikely to be fully implemented in the next three years. President Donald Trump is committed to ...
The Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy is a major departure from decades of established defense policy, and may not be sustainable, according to experts who spoke to Defense One. While the ...
The $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026 passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday in bipartisan fashion. The final version includes and also left out key ...
On January 23, the Trump administration released its National Defense Strategy. In it, one sentence is already echoing across allied capitals: Allies and partners should take “primary responsibility ...
On January 23, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), recently renamed the Department of War, released the unclassified version of its long-awaited National Defense Strategy (NDS). In line with the ...
On January 23, 2026, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued the unclassified 2026 National Defense Strategy (2026 NDS), which sends a very clear signal to defense contractors and defense sector ...
Eliot Cohen, a respected political scientist, strategist, and author (among many other notable accolades), recently criticized the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) in a piece for The Atlantic ...
Of course, there is some irony in announcing this strategy as the Trump administration prepares to strike Iran—and has continued full-bore support for Ukraine. Yet in principle, the Trump ...