Defense Industrial Base

The CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group studies the critical issues at the cross-section of the Department of Defense and its industrial base, focusing on defense acquisition trends, technological innovation, security cooperation, and ongoing reform efforts.

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Photo: DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/DVIDS

Photo: DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza/DVIDS

The 2026 National Defense Strategy by the Numbers: Radical Changes, Moderate Changes, and Some Continuities

The 2026 National Defense Strategy denounces earlier strategies, focuses on this hemisphere, and pressures allies to provide their own defense, while citing President Trump 47 times. CSIS’s 19 charts and tables show the strategy’s changes, continuities, and omissions.

Report by Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park — January 27, 2026

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Seth G. Jones
President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair