US Strategic Capacity Erodes Amid Bureaucratic Cuts and Short-Term Focus

The United States is rapidly losing its ability to think and act with long-term strategic vision, a shift with profound implications for national security. Over recent years, critical institutions built to provide foresight and sustain enduring strategies have been hollowed out. The Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, once a Cold War-era pillar for analyzing long-term military challenges, was temporarily disbanded and later restored in a diminished form. Similar trends are visible across the go