Strong America
Strength at Home. Respect Abroad.
MISSION
Revitalizing America’s strength and leadership in a rapidly changing world. With bold action and principled policies, we aim to secure our nation, safeguard freedom, and ensure America’s future prosperity. We will rearm, reclaim, and revive the foundations of American greatness for generations to come.
Focus Areas / Policy Pillars
- Modernize and streamline the defense acquisition process to ensure American forces receive the best equipment, on time and at the best value. Cut bureaucratic red tape to promote competition, innovation, and rapid fielding of advanced technologies.
- Invest in revitalizing America’s shipbuilding base and expanding the Navy to secure vital sea lanes, deter adversaries, and maintain maritime superiority. Prioritize modernization of platforms, robust fleet growth, and readiness for global operations.
- Overhaul U.S. military command structures for greater strategic effectiveness and adaptability in a changing global threat environment. Empower unified commands with clearer missions, streamlined communication, and enhanced rapid decision-making.
- Reaffirm U.S. leadership and partnership across the Americas to counter external influence and promote stability, prosperity, and shared democratic values. Strengthen regional alliances, enhance cooperative security measures, and champion economic engagement.
- Take bold action to deter Chinese aggression and maintain a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific order. Deepen security, economic, and technological alliances with regional partners to counteract efforts at regional dominance and safeguard American interests.
Initiatives
- China Initiative
- The China Initiative is essential to the campaign because it addresses the strategic challenge posed by the Chinese Communist Party’s expanding influence and aggression. By developing strategies to safeguard American interests and counter China’s economic, military, and technological advances, the initiative ensures that the United States maintains a free, open Indo-Pacific and protects critical national security priorities.
- American Security team
- The American Security team plays a central role in advancing comprehensive policy initiatives across American strategy, defense procurement, modernization, and readiness. Its work directly supports the campaign’s objectives to strengthen U.S. military capabilities and uphold American leadership on the global stage.
- Western Hemisphere Initiative
- The Western Hemisphere Initiative reinforces the campaign’s commitment to restoring U.S. primacy in the Americas. By countering malign influence from rival powers and deepening regional partnerships, it safeguards American security interests, promotes stability, and ensures that American interests endure in the nation’s own neighborhood. This initiative supports the broader campaign mission of a strong, resilient America prepared to meet pressing challenges, especially in the context of American primacy in the Western Hemisphere.
Team
The Honorable Robert Wilkie
Co-Chair, American Security
The Honorable Fred Fleitz
Vice Chair, American Security
Bella Grabowski
Sovereign and Strong America Campaign Director
Jacob Olidort, Ph.D.
Chief Research Officer & Director of American Security
Joshua Treviño
Senior Fellow for the Western Hemisphere Initiative
Royce Hood
Policy Analyst, China Policy Initiative
Ethan Tan
Policy Analyst, American Security
Benjamin Woolsey
Policy Analyst, American Security
Ryan Nanartowicz
Policy Analyst, American Security
Latest
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U.S. Action in Iran Should Prevent Regime’s Return
Earlier this week, President Trump was reportedly briefed on the suite of responses to the Iranian regime crackdown on protesters, and on January 12 posted on Truth Social that “help is on its way.” He has called off meetings with regime officials seeking a negotiated approach, announced 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Iran, as the State Department instructed Americans to leave the country. Although Iran has faced waves of demonstrations over the years, the current one could determine the regime’s fate.
Expert Insights
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January 12, 2026
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Op-Ed
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January 10, 2026
Support Peaceful Protesters In and Out of Iran
The historic U.S. mission to extradite Venezuela’s now-former dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife to United States further isolates one of its primary patrons, the Iranian regime. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained that among the goals of the military operation is preventing Venezuela from “cozy[ing] up to Hezbollah and Iran in our own hemisphere.”
Op-Ed
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January 9, 2026
Venezuela Exposes Western Europe’s Procedural Reflex
On January 3, 2026, the United States took historic action against a regime that had spent years exporting violence, narcotics, and instability far beyond its borders. In a joint operation involving the U.S. military and law enforcement, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and removed from the country. Venezuelans around the world have poured into the streets to celebrate the collapse of a brutal dictatorship.
Op-Ed
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The Capture of Maduro and Avoiding Another Iraq Nation-Building Debacle
The massive US military operation ordered by President Trump to apprehend former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife from their heavily guarded residence was a game-changer for regional and global security. The Trump administration’s next steps will be crucial to ending the threats from Maduro’s criminal regime without repeating the disastrous nation-building effort in Iraq after the second Gulf War.
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