Overview
- The 2025 National Security Strategy refocuses U.S. priorities on the Western Hemisphere and pledges to deny outside powers control of strategically vital assets in the Americas.
- The document declares that the era of mass migrations must end and names border security as the principal element of national security.
- Washington outlines a rebalancing of military and law‑enforcement posture toward the region, authorizing targeted deployments and, when necessary, the use of lethal force against cartels.
- The strategy seeks access to strategic resources and locations in Latin America, implicitly referencing assets such as the Panama Canal, while continuing to label China the principal competitor and stressing reindustrialization and energy dominance.
- European officials pushed back on the strategy’s harsh language about Europe’s trajectory even as Kallas reaffirmed transatlantic ties, and regional media reported unverified allegations of recent lethal maritime operations linked to the new posture.