Changes in the Main Assumptions of the U.S. National Defense Strategy
Changes in the Main Assumptions of the U.S. National Defense Strategy

Author(s): Marcin Andrzej Piotrowski
Subject(s): Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: United States; US National Defense Strategy; US National Security Strategy; armed forces; international military cooperation;
Summary/Abstract: The U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS) expands on the main conclusions of the National Security Strategy (NSS) approved at the end of 2017, which recognised that America’s most important threats come from China and Russia, not from international terrorism. The unclassified summary of the NDS signals the beginning of changes in U.S. strategic and operational plans, as well as in the structures and equipment of its armed forces. Together with other Trump administration documents, it reveals the U.S. priorities and its growing expectations of its allies.

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