Dr. Joshua Busby Analyzes the National Defense Strategy shift on Climate and Energy.

On January 29, 2026, Foreign Policy published an article co-authored by APP affiliate Dr. Joshua W. Busby, that examines the new National Defense Strategy and its approach to climate and energy issues.

Dr. Busby partnered with his former Department of Defense colleague, Greg Pollock, to write about why these issues remain critical for American defense strategy in a changing world, including climate impacts on US bases worldwide, demand for new missions, and significance for allies’ and partners’ security.

Dr. Busby was a former senior climate advisor at the U.S. Department of Defense, where he authored the previous sections of the National Defense Strategy that dealt with climate and energy.

Read the article here.