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The 2026 National Defense Strategy prioritizes U.S. homeland and Western Hemisphere defense, urging allies to increase burden-sharing with more limited U.S. military support.
- Late Friday, the Pentagon released a 34-page National Defense Strategy that reorients U.S. priorities toward dominance in the Western Hemisphere and is the first since 2022.
- Rooted in the administration's 'America First' philosophy, the strategy calls for a sharp shift as allies take more responsibility countering threats from Russia to North Korea, with South Korea leading deterrence.
- Amid a week of diplomatic friction, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's plan offers 'credible options' to secure U.S. access to Greenland and the Panama Canal, though Danish officials say formal Greenland talks have not begun.
- The strategy directs the Pentagon to recalibrate U.S. force posture in Europe, reducing troops on NATO's borders with Ukraine, while treating China as a power to deter and omitting Taiwan.
- Coming after a tense week that included a Davos clash with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the strategy courts cooperation from neighbors from Canada to Central and South American partners and touts an operation ousting Nicolás Maduro earlier this month.
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U.S. National Defense Strategy: Strength of Alliance Cannot Be Measured by Numbers Alone
It is commendable for the United States to prioritize deterrence against China, but using this as a pretext for demanding significant increases in defense spending from allies is far too reckless.
New Pentagon plan deprioritizes China
A new US national security strategy deprioritized China as the military’s top threat, shifting focus to the homeland and Western Hemisphere. The Pentagon plan calls for the abandonment of “grandiose strategies” and prioritizes diplomacy with Beijing in an effort to deter the superpower “through strength, not confrontation.” It signals a longer-term goal of reducing Washington’s military role in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East. But even as…
New National Defense Strategy Emphasizes Homeland Defense, not Countering China
The Pentagon released its long-anticipated National Defense Strategy late Friday. The new document presents a sharp shift in U.S. military priorities by elevating defense of the homeland and the Western Hemisphere above countering China. The 34-page strategy breaks with approaches taken during both the Biden administration and President Donald Trump’s first term, arguing that past governments diluted U.S. power by pursuing “grandiose” global str…
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The McDowell NewsDefense strategy pivots from allies, China
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of…
Defense strategy tells allies to handle their own security
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of…
In priority change, Pentagon tells allies to handle their own security
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon released a priority-shifting National Defense Strategy late Friday that chastised U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserted the Trump administration's focus on dominance in the Western Hemisphere above a longtime goal of…
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