1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i The 2018 National Defense Strategy name reacte Analyst in International Security February 5, 2018 On January 19, 2018, Secretary of Defense Mattis released the unclassified summary of the Department of Defenses (DOD) firs
2、t congressionally mandated National Defense Strategy (NDS). In addition to stating DODs approach to contending with current and emerging national security challenges, the NDS is also intended to articulate the overall strategic rationale for programs and priorities contained within the FY2019-FY2023
3、 budget requests. Overall, the document maintains that the strategic environment in which the United States must operate is one characterized by the erosion of the rules-based international order, which has produced a degree of strategic complexity and volatility not seen “in recent memory” (p. 1).
4、As a result, the document argues, the United States must bolster its competitive military advantagewhich the NDS sees as having eroded in recent decadesrelative to the threats posed by China and Russia. It further maintains that “inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary c
