The Hegseth Doctrine? Military-Academic De-coupling Competition

(J.B. Branch, Allan E. Cameron – Lawfare) On Feb. 27, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will no longer fund tuition of military personnel at several top universities across the United States. In sharing this decision, Hegseth explained that “for too long, the Ivy League and similar institutions have been subjecting our warriors to woke indoctrination.” Hegseth’s decision to cut the Department of Defense’s academic ties with top civilian institutions is being framed as a culture war victory. What began as a targeted action against a single university—Harvard—has expanded into a broader doctrine of military-academic “de-coupling” with direct and tangible implications for technological competitiveness, strategic education sustainability, and long-term force readiness. – The Hegseth Doctrine? Military-Academic De-coupling Competition | Lawfare