The 2026 National Defense Strategy sets striking new priorities for the Pentagon—but can hardly be described as “isolationist ...

The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) follows closely the 2025 National Security Strategy, as it should. It also falls in line with the Department of Defense’s narrative and the actions they have ...

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 ...

Josh Busby is a professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and former senior climate advisor at the U.S. Defense Department. He is the author of States and Nature: The Effects of ...

With the National Defense Strategy, Seoul worries that the new language from Washington creates an interpretive space that adversaries could exploit.