Overview
- The strategy elevates the Western Hemisphere, revives Monroe Doctrine language, and rolls back the vision of a perpetually expanding NATO.
- Russia is recast as a regional threat to Europe rather than an existential U.S. adversary, with Washington prioritizing strategic stability and a negotiated end to the Ukraine war.
- China is labeled a near‑peer competitor as policy moves toward managed competition centered on reciprocity in trade and constrained security cooperation.
- A longer, unpublished draft reviewed by Defense One describes U.S. support for nationalist forces inside Europe and floats a new ‘Core 5’ forum with the U.S., China, Russia, India, and Japan.
- European officials publicly rebuked the doctrine and urged rapid rearmament, while Russian figures lauded it; Trump separately called European leaders “weak” and said he will back favored candidates in European elections.