Overview
- The 33-page National Security Strategy marks a sharp doctrinal break by prioritizing the Western Hemisphere, attacking EU governance and migration policies as driving 'civilizational erasure,' rejecting perpetual NATO enlargement, and treating Russia as a perceived existential threat to Europe but not to the United States.
- European leaders coordinated urgent responses, with London talks among the U.K., France, Germany and Ukraine and EU meetings on Ukraine financing, while Germany’s Friedrich Merz said the plan shows Europe must become much more independent on security.
- Kremlin figures welcomed the document, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov calling its adjustments largely consistent with Russia’s vision and Dmitry Medvedev praising its 'realistic' assessment.
- Media outlets reported a longer leaked draft that would more explicitly urge cooperation with nationalist parties and efforts to pull some countries away from the EU, a version the White House dismissed as 'fake news.'
- The strategy minimizes climate change as a security priority and revives a Monroe Doctrine–style focus on the Americas, which analysts link to stepped-up U.S. military pressure around Venezuela that has drawn congressional and public scrutiny.