Overview
- The White House released a 33-page National Security Strategy that refocuses U.S. priorities on the Western Hemisphere, applies a ‘Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine, seeks access to strategic resources, and aims to block extra‑hemispheric control of vital assets.
- The strategy elevates ending mass migration to a core security objective, declaring border security the principal element of national security and signaling selective deployments against cartels, including the potential use of lethal force.
- China is named the principal competitor as the document downplays the Middle East’s immediacy and urges greater allied burden‑sharing in Asia while maintaining support for Taiwan’s status quo.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says the United States remains Europe’s greatest ally, even as European leaders criticize the strategy’s portrayal of the continent and its endorsement of ‘patriotic’ forces.
- Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov welcomes the U.S. shift as largely consistent with Russia’s vision, highlighting language on halting NATO’s perceived expansion and restoring strategic stability to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.