Big changes are on the horizon, but no one really knows what they will be.
Talking with members of the national security community in the two months since Donald Trump won the November presidential election, that’s the clearest consensus: Trump and his team will be making major moves to the world of defense, but exactly what that’s going to look like is, for now, guess work.
That uncertainty is reflected in the collection of pieces by the Breaking Defense staff, looking forward to 2025. But it also permeates the team’s reflections on 2024, which was a year in which the presidential election kept everything in limbo. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t news — we published almost 2,000 stories, op-eds and features on the site, and the editors have dark circles under our eyes to prove it. But 2024 felt like a transition year, and 2025 is going to be the payoff, in whatever form it takes.
Each December, our team reflects on their coverage and identifies the key developments to watch in the coming year. This ebook contains a snapshot of 30 key pieces from the end of 2024. You can explore them here, and stay updated throughout the year by visiting BreakingDefense.com to see how our predictions unfold.
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