America First. Peace Through Strength. Common Sense. These bolded words on the first page of Secretary Hegseth’s memorandum set the tone. The Department of War released its 2026 National Defense ...

The Pentagon has released its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), outlining a shift in U.S. military priorities under the Trump administration, with a focus on homeland defense, reduced emphasis on ...

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department said in an influential strategy document published Friday that the U.S. military’s top focus is no longer on China but instead the homeland and Western Hemisphere.

The Trump administration’s 2025 National Security Strategy is, in many ways, unlike any in U.S. history. Most strategy documents of this kind articulate the threats that the United States’ adversaries ...

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A new White House policy document formalizes President Trump’s long-held contempt for Europe’s leaders. It made clear that the continent now stands at a strategic crossroads. By Jason Horowitz ...

President Trump released his national security strategy late Thursday night with a focus on building up a larger military presence in the Western Hemisphere, balancing global trade, tightening up ...

Welcome to the Daily News Brief, CFR’s flagship morning newsletter summarizing the top global news and analysis of the day. On Europe, the document calls for quickly ending hostilities in Ukraine, ...

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Introduction – What Is American Strategy? To ensure that America remains the world’s strongest, richest, most powerful, and most successful country for decades to come, our country needs a coherent, ...

President Trump’s new National Security Strategy describes a country that is focused on doing business and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarians. By Anton Troianovski ...

This National Security Strategy (NSS) marks an ideological and substantive shift in U.S. foreign policy. The administration is attempting to define a new “America First” foreign policy doctrine that ...