The Department of War released the 2026 National Defense Strategy on January 23, emphasizing a return to peace through ...

The U.S. Department of War released its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) on January 23, 2026, laying out a defense ...

Pete Hegseth's first National Defense Strategy lays out how the Pentagon will execute guidance from the White House.

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 U.S. defense industrial base needs a mobilization akin to the heights of the world wars and the Cold War, according to the Pentagon’s new strategy, as the Trump administration prepares to greatly ...

On Friday, Jan. 23, the U.S. Department of Defense released its new National Defense Strategy, which describes how the ...

The priority is a change from President Donald Trump's first administration, which labeled China as a serious challenger in an era of "great power competition," and the focus on China was supported by ...

The Trump administration’s annual defense strategy report takes a softer tone toward China than in years past, calling for ...

Tracye Winfrey Howard, Nicholas Iliff, Jr. On November 7, 2025, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued three memoranda that collectively direct a significant shift in defense policy and management.

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 new National Defense Strategy limits the U.S. conventional role to prioritize China while demanding South Korea take ...