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The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) signals a diminished intent from the United States to deter existential threats posed by Russia and North Korea.
The unclassified 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) does not mention Taiwan, even though the national security strategy directly identifies it.
The United States is moving toward a world where both Russia and China are nuclear peers.
American forces, operating alongside Israel, have conducted thousands of strikes against Iran's missile sites, command and control sites, and senior regime leadership.
Ayatollah Khomeini and many other senior Iranian leaders have been killed in recent military operations.
Iran has retaliated with missile and drone attacks across the Middle East, resulting in American casualties.
President Trump has unilaterally started a conflict with Iran that is rapidly spreading throughout the Middle East.
The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) frames Russia as 'Europe's problem', with U.S. concerns limited to Moscow's nuclear, space, and cyber capabilities.
The United States carried out a massive military attack in Venezuela to capture Nicolas Maduro.
The primary focus of the U.S. Armed Forces is to be able to deny the feasibility of successful aggression along the First Island Chain.
The third pillar of the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) is burden sharing, which presses allies to take primary responsibility for their conventional defense.
The United States is urging its European allies to move to a 'NATO 3.0' model, in which wealthy European allies take the lead for the conventional defense of European NATO.