US Strategic Thinking Undermined by Cuts to Long-Term Planning Offices

The United States’ ability to think and plan strategically for the long term is weakening due to a systematic erosion of critical governmental mechanisms. One stark example was last year’s temporary disbanding of the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, an entity designed to provide independent, long-term military capability assessments. While the office was later reinstated, it returned in a diminished form, signaling a broader trend: institutions geared toward sustained strategic foresight are