Overview
- The December 4 National Security Strategy pivots from values-led multilateralism to domestic reindustrialization, tariffs, export controls and selective, interest-first engagement.
- The strategy reaffirms cooperation with India in the Indo-Pacific and the Quad, stating an intent to improve commercial relations to support New Delhi's security role.
- Competition with China is framed chiefly in economic and technological terms, alongside a stated priority to preserve military overmatch to deter any attempt to seize Taiwan.
- The approach is transactional, calling for trade reciprocity, alignment on export controls and heavier regional burden-sharing, which commentators say raises delivery expectations for India.
- The document asserts primacy in the Western Hemisphere and signals a harsher stance toward Europe that Russian officials have welcomed, according to recent analysis.