Pentagon Won’t Publish Global Posture Review, Turns to Informal Briefings

Overview

• The Defense Department plans to skip the written Global Posture Review this term and will brief Congress and allies through informal meetings.
• Pentagon officials say they will keep engaging and are carrying out the National Defense Strategy, which they argue guides posture and points to a greater focus on the Western Hemisphere.
• Members of key committees say they rely on the review to write the annual defense bill and track deployments, and they warn its absence will slow budgeting and oversight.
• NATO officers and European diplomats say losing a shared document undercuts predictability for troop rotations and national spending plans.
• The last review in 2021 emphasized the Pacific, and reporters note the new approach fits a pattern of limited advance notice to partners about military operations.