Washington has redrawn its military priorities around power, not values Washington’s new National Defense Strategy is not just another Pentagon paper. It is a political manifesto in uniform, and one that reflects a sharp turn away from the ideological activism of recent years toward something closer to old-fashioned power politics. It can be called a doctrine of “resolute realism,” and that description fits. The NDS-2026, built on the National Security Strategy released last year, stands out