Overview
- The National Security Strategy reduces certain overseas military commitments, including parts of Europe, while strengthening the U.S. presence in Latin America.
- The paper warns Europe could face a 'civilizational extinction' within two decades, urges an end to mass migration, and insists Europe should remain 'European.'
- The strategy alleges censorship of free expression and suppression of political opposition in Europe, praises the rise of 'patriotic' parties, and vows to 'cultivate the resistance' within European nations.
- Policy aims include pressing for wider access to European markets for U.S. goods and services, pushing allies to assume more regional responsibility, and stating NATO should not be a permanently expanding alliance.
- The U.S. names a rapid negotiated end to fighting in Ukraine and 'strategic stability' with Russia as core interests, as Germany’s foreign minister rejects external advice and says Berlin will review the plan.