A data point: White House/NSC have not produced a National Security Strategy document, something ordinarily done within the first 2-4 months of an administration. This means DOD cannot produce a National Defense Strategy document, JCS cannot produce a National Military Strategy document, and the military Branches cannot produce budgets with anything more solid than speculation. State and Treasury also cannot produce their counterparts to DOD's National Defense Strategy document, etc.
A data point: White House/NSC have not produced a National Security Strategy document, something ordinarily done within the first 2-4 months of an administration. This means DOD cannot produce a National Defense Strategy document, JCS cannot produce a National Military Strategy document, and the military Branches cannot produce budgets with anything more solid than speculation. State and Treasury also cannot produce their counterparts to DOD's National Defense Strategy document, etc.
A prescient article from 1995 regarding NATO expansion: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/09/21/should-nato-growa-dissent/