Five key takeaways from Trump’s National Security Strategy
Al Jazeera
Government document on US foreign policy priorities says Washington no longer needs to prioritise the Middle East.
Washington, DC – A periodic document spelling out the United States’s foreign policy and security has emphasised the need for US “preeminence” in the Western Hemisphere, reflecting President Donald Trump’s push for regional dominance.
The National Security Strategy (NNS), released on Friday, also called for balancing trade with China and deterring it from seizing Taiwan.
But unlike the previous assessment, which was published during the Joe Biden presidency in 2022, the new NNS did not focus primarily on China or mark competition with Beijing as the top challenge for the US.
Instead, the US administration stressed non-interventionist policies. It reflected Trump’s disdain for multilateralism and international organisations, saying that the “world’s fundamental political unit is and will remain the nation-state”.
Here are five key takeaways from the document.
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