Defense Priorities

Our goal is to educate citizens, influential thinkers, and decision-makers about the significance of maintaining a robust and adaptable military. This military should be deployed carefully to safeguard America's specific national interests. We also aim to advocate for a practical grand strategy that emphasizes restraint, diplomacy, and free trade, all of which are essential for ensuring the security of the United States.

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Progress on full withdrawal from Syria is optimal policy

1 week ago | defensepriorities.org | Daniel DePetris

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
Military policy toward China: The case against overreaction

2 weeks ago | defensepriorities.org | John Mueller

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
Achieving burden-sharing: Retrenchment vs. conditionality

Jan 21, 2025 | defensepriorities.org | Brian Blankenship

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
Just stay out: Rejecting the Saudi-Israeli "grand bargain"

Nov 26, 2024 | defensepriorities.org | William Walldorf

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
Greenlighting deep strikes inside Russia is all risk, no reward

Nov 17, 2024 | defensepriorities.org | Jennifer Kavanagh

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
A defensive approach to Ukraine military aid

Nov 6, 2024 | defensepriorities.org | Jennifer Kavanagh

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
A decision framework for Ukraine military aid

Oct 31, 2024 | defensepriorities.org | Jennifer Kavanagh

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
Deaths of 3 Lebanese soldiers draw apology from Israel

Oct 22, 2024 | defensepriorities.org | Jennifer Kavanagh

Expert updates and analysis to enhance your understanding of vital U.S. national security issues
Rethinking Africa Command

Oct 16, 2024 | defensepriorities.org | Mike Sweeney

• As debate grows over U.S. policy towards Africa, consideration should be given to altering the continent’s status under the Department of Defense’s Unified Command Plan (UCP). • Eliminating Africa Command (AFRICOM) under the UCP would both signify a policy shift away from a counterterrorism focus and ease the process of implementing that change within the policymaking bureaucracy.
NATO summit: Poor focus, procrastination, and false hope

Jul 12, 2024 | defensepriorities.org | Benjamin W Friedman

WASHINGTON, DC—Today, the NATO summit in Washington, DC, will conclude. Defense Priorities Policy Director Benjamin H. Friedman issued the following statement in response:“NATO’s summit continued several bad habits. The first is to increasingly lose focus on NATO’s core task, which is to balance against Russian power, in favor of vague talk about global missions.