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World Politics Review

New U.S. Military Strategy Signals Return of State-Based Threats

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

On June 30, the Pentagon (NMS) of the United States. The new version, the first update to the strategy since 2011, depicts today’s international security environment as being more challenging for the United States due to the unprecedented reach of globalization, the diffusion of military technologies and the rise of revisionist great powers.

The NMS establishes U.S. military objectives and explains how the Pentagon will achieve them. It describes the overall global security environment in which the U.S. military operates as well as the threats and opportunities that affect U.S. national interests in important regions and issue areas. ...