Hegseth’s Pacific Posture Shift: Reinforcing U.S. Deterrence Along the First Island Chain (2025–2030) What if the front line of the next great-power conflict isn’t Washington or Beijing, but a narrow arc of islands stretching from Okinawa to Taiwan and all the way down to Luzon? That is the strategic question framing U.S. Defense Secretary Pete … Continue reading Hegseth’s Pacific Posture Shift: Reinforcing U.S. Deterrence Along the First Island Chain (2025–2030)