Pentagon’s New National Security Strategy Will Highlight Global Multilateral Operations

The United States’ next national defense strategy will not focus solely on China, but will seek to address a broad array of threats through increased work with allies, according to a senior Pentagon official. “We recognize China as the ‘pacing challenge,’ as the secretary [of defense] has underscored, and remain profoundly concerned about Russia, and other issues as well,” said Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities. “We will in many ways focus on getting after that China challenge, while ensuring that we are responsibly working with our closest allies and partners to deal with many…