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 ...

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The new national defense strategy rolled out by President Donald Trump’s administration drew criticism for downplaying the threat posed by China compared to past iterations. Deterring China’s ...

The Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team rehearses for Qatar's International Festival of Military Music and Marching in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 15, 2025. (Photo: Air Force Senior Airman Geneva Nguyen) The U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday took the podium at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum to attack post-Cold War U.S. foreign policy, declaring a new military focus on the Western ...

In his November 2025 speech on acquisition reform at the National Defense University, Secretary Pete Hegseth highlighted the goal of putting the industrial base on a “wartime footing”: We’re not just ...

The Department of War's 2026 National Defense Strategy marks a pivotal shift toward prioritizing homeland defense and Western Hemisphere security, emphasizing deterrence through strength while ...

Rejecting reports of a split with the brass, the Department of War says the National Defense Strategy was "seamlessly coordinated" with senior civilian and uniform leaders — and that "any narrative to ...