Esper identified the 2018 National Defense Strategy as a shift away from the post-9/11 focus on counterterrorism and counterinsurgency toward competition with China and Russia.
Sources
- Secretary of Defense Engagement at RAND Corporation ( ... (defense.gov)
- https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA597-1.html (rand.org)
- https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/the-new-national-defense-strategy-keeps-the-pentagons-focus-locked-on-china/ (breakingdefense.com)
- https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-national-defense-strategy-and-great-power-competition-a-conversation-with-mark-t-esper/ (brookings.edu)
- https://www.andrewerickson.com/2020/09/secdef-espers-china-focused-speech-at-rand-full-text-as-delivered/ (andrewerickson.com)
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