U.S. National Defense Strategy Commission Report Conclusions
U.S. National Defense Strategy Commission Report Conclusions

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; U.S. National Defense Strategy Commission (NDSC); military policy; armed forces; defence budget; NATO’s Eastern Flank;
Summary/Abstract: A recently published report by the U.S. National Defense Strategy Commission (NDSC) is an important non-partisan document that may influence debates on the defence budget in the new Congress. The NDSC assessed the main problems within the U.S. armed forces and the necessary steps for modernisation and budgeting. The unclassified report gives good insight into the scale of the challenges and efforts ahead of the U.S. and other NATO-member militaries. However, the NDSC report does not directly address the issue of the U.S. Army permanent forward presence on NATO’s Eastern Flank but it recommends to the Pentagon and Congress to fully re-create in the long term its heavy division in Europe.

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