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.

Trump’s new NDS calls the international order that has seen the U.S. advancing its values abroad a “cloud-castle abstraction.” That’s a 180-degree turn from the guiding principles of national defense ...

The Pentagon has released a National Defense Strategy that chastises U.S. allies to take control of their own security and ...

The National Defense Strategy is a radical rethinking of America’s defense priorities—but seems unlikely to be fully ...

The Trump administration quietly released its 2026 National Defense Strategy on Friday evening as the largest storm in years ...

“At least,” a friend sighed, “they didn’t call it the 2026 National War Strategy.” True enough, although if Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims that he now leads the Department of War, logical ...

The following is the 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy. The document was released on Jan. 23, 2026. From the report ...

The absence of any mention of India and the Quad from the strategy is not a judgment on their importance, but a signal that ...

EADaily, January 30th, 2026. In its new National Security Strategy, published in December 2025, the United States openly talks about its main goals and the ways in which it will achieve them — this is ...

The Department of War has released its 2026 National Defense Strategy, outlining a reoriented military posture that ...

The tone is unmistakable—and misplaced. Strategy documents are not campaign speeches, and they should not be party propaganda ...