The Pentagon has released a National Defense Strategy that chastises U.S. allies to take control of their own security and reasserts the Trump administration’s focus on dominance in the Western Hemisp

The Department of War has released its 2026 National Defense Strategy, outlining a reoriented military posture that prioritizes homeland defense and regional deterrence while calling on allies to share a greater security burden.

The absence of any mention of India and the Quad from the strategy is not a judgment on their importance, but a signal that the United States does not intend to organise Asian security through formalised coalitions or extended military guarantees.

The Trump Pentagon’s newly-released National Defense Strategy blueprint pushed U.S. allies to tackle their own security, and indicated that countering China, which the Biden administration saw as the top U.

The U.S. Department of War released its 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) on January 23, 2026, laying out a defense posture centered on homeland defense, deterring China in the Indo-Pacific, pushing allies to shoulder more security responsibilities,

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