{"id":42705,"date":"2026-01-25T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=42705"},"modified":"2026-01-25T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T22:00:24","slug":"whats-behind-the-recent-shift-in-us-defence-strategy-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=42705","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s behind the recent shift in US defence strategy? | Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last month, the United States published a National Security Strategy that marked a clear departure from its post-Cold War policies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This week, a Pentagon Defense Strategy followed, echoing what was revealed by the White House.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Rooted in President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d approach, it prioritises homeland security and influence in the Western Hemisphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The new strategy came as no surprise. Trump and his officials have been engaged in often-heated debates with close allies about what role the US is expected to play in their defence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So, what\u2019s the fallout for America\u2019s allies around the world?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Presenter:<\/strong> James Bays<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Guests:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adam Clements \u2013 US foreign policy analyst and former Pentagon official<\/p>\n<p>Marina Miron \u2013 Researcher with Defence Studies Department at King\u2019s College London<\/p>\n<p>Youngshik Bong \u2013 Visiting professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University and adviser to South Korea\u2019s Ministry of National Defence<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 25 Jan 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">25 Jan 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p>share2<\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, the United States published a National Security Strategy that marked a clear departure from its post-Cold War policies. This week, a Pentagon Defense Strategy followed, echoing what was revealed by the White House. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Rooted in President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cAmerica First\u201d approach, it prioritises homeland security<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[327,964,573,1670,81,264],"class_list":{"0":"post-42705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-defence","9":"tag-donald","10":"tag-shift","11":"tag-strategy","12":"tag-trump","13":"tag-whats"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}