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https://one.sightlinemg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/globe.jpg.jpg?w=600600338Defense and national security strategy for the last year was dominated by what the world has come to know quite well, unfortunately: harrowing attacks by terrorist groups, most often and notably the Islamic State. Political muscling, particularly where borders were at stake. And internal strife, showing itself not via civilian uprisings but rather a military coup attempt and election shockers on both sides of the proverbial pond. How it ended, however, sets the stage for a 2017 dominated by the unfamiliar.