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This issue brief is part of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s National Defense Strategy Project, outlining the priorities the Department of Defense should address in its next NDS. Executive summary To achieve the likely objectives of the National Defense Strategy—defending the US homeland and deterring China—the United States must address the risk of strategic attacks on ...

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Forward Defense leads the Atlantic Council’s US and global defense programming, developing actionable recommendations for the United States and its allies and partners to compete, innovate, and navigate the rapidly evolving character of warfare. Through its work on US defense policy and force design, the military applications of advanced technology, space security, strategic deterrence, and ...

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Our Indo-Pacific experts share how US allies and partners in the region are reacting to the United States’ latest National Defense Strategy, which calls for them to take on a more active role in their own security.

The US Department of Defense said on April 23 that troops had boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean “without incident”, in efforts to “disrupt illicit networks” supporting Iran.

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Snopes on MSN: 21 claims we've investigated about Hegseth's Department of Defense

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Critics have made a number of claims about the defense secretary and his department since the beginning of the Iran war.

The Chosun Ilbo on MSN: US Department of Defense taps GM, Ford for weapon production

The U.S. Department of Defense, which has largely depleted its weapons stockpiles due to the wars in Ukraine and Iran, has reportedly requested private manufacturers to expand the production of ...