Thread by @supbrow

1/ US National Security Strategy is finally published.

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

2/ On Integrated Deterrence:

"Our National Defense Strategy relies on integrated deterrence: the seamless combination of capabilities to convince potential adversaries that the costs of their hostile activities outweigh their benefits."

3/ On #IndoPacific:
"We have entered a consequential new period of American foreign policy that will demand more of the United States in the Indo-Pacific than has been asked of us since the Second World War."

4/ "Our goal is clear—we want a free, open, prosperous, and secure international order. We seek an order that is free in that it allows people to enjoy their basic, universal rights and freedoms"

5/ Three lines of effort:

6/ Six key pillars of the strategic approach:

7/ "We ended America’s longest war in Afghanistan, and with it an era of major military operations to remake other societies, even as we have maintained the capacity to address terrorist threats to the American people as they emerge."

🤔A fascinating statement in the NSS

8/ "The war in Ukraine highlights the criticality of a vibrant Defense Industrial Base for the United States and its allies and partners."

The section was obviously written especially for @salisbot.

@salisbot 9/ A threefold strategy toward 🇨🇳:
1⃣Invent
2⃣Align
3⃣Compete

10/ Competition with the PRC is most pronounced in the Indo-Pacific, but it is also increasingly global.

The next ten years will be the decisive decade.

The choices we make and the priorities we pursue today will set us on a course that determines our competitive position...

10/ @marsecgina will be pleased #IUUFishing is mentioned several times in the NSS, with respect to:
1. China
2. Transnational Crime
3. Protection from threats to the seas

@marsecgina 11/ "We will continue prioritizing investments in a combat credible military that deters aggression against our allies and partners in the region, and can help those allies and partners defend themselves."

I look fwd to the budgets that support this.
@DEricSayers @ElbridgeColby

@marsecgina @DEricSayers @ElbridgeColby 12/ "While we compete vigorously, we will manage the competition responsibly."

@jagowriter

@marsecgina @DEricSayers @ElbridgeColby @jagowriter 13/ This is an interesting section:

@marsecgina @DEricSayers @ElbridgeColby @jagowriter 14/ Note point on Open Source:

"Adapting the Intelligence Community (IC), including by aligning our organizations to better address competition, embracing new data tools, and enhancing integration of open source material."

@CovertShores @steffanwatkins @BDHerzinger

@marsecgina @DEricSayers @ElbridgeColby @jagowriter @CovertShores @steffanwatkins @BDHerzinger 15/ And this:
"Reorganizing the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy to sharpen its focus on emerging technologies and elevate senior leader attention to critical regions."

@TangAnZhu @cb_johnstone

@marsecgina @DEricSayers @ElbridgeColby @jagowriter @CovertShores @steffanwatkins @BDHerzinger @TangAnZhu @cb_johnstone 16/ The final sentences:
"This is what we must achieve in this decisive decade. As we have done throughout our history, America will seize this moment and rise to the challenge. There is no time to waste."

Look fwd to analysis by my fave podcasts out there, esp @WarOnTheRocks

7.1/ This statement in NSS is substantiated by the:
✔️Termination of awarding the National Defense Service Medal (NDSM)
✔️Restriction of awarding the Global War on Terrorism Medal (GWOTSM)

navadmin-viewer.fly.dev/NAVADMIN/219/22

@BDHerzinger @Navy_Hipple @cgberube