2 days ago
A US Defense Strategy Is Coming, Just Not From the President
Does US President Donald Trump have a strategy in foreign affairs? I don't mean a slogan, such as 'peace through strength' or America First. Nor do I mean mere instinct, such as hitting weak adversaries (the Houthis, say, or Iran) while ducking from confrontations that look more dangerous (with Russia, say).
I'm talking about strategy as the likes of Carl von Clausewitz thought about it: the definition of clear and big political goals, and the alignment of the available means with those ends.
