The U.S. National Security Strategy: Signaling a Strategic Rift with Europe

Click to see the full-size image

The White House has officially approved its approach to the Ukrainian conflict. It presents a new vision of the current situation in Europe. The previously monolithic unity of the West is beginning to crack.

Key document

In November 2025, the U.S. government published a new National Security Strategy. This document significantly impacted the country’s foreign policy. It outlines the primary issues in the realm of US national security and the planned solutions.

The strategy indicates the direction in which Americans will focus their political, economic, and military efforts in the coming years. The first edition of the strategy was released in 1987 during the Reagan administration. Since then, each administration has published at least one version of the strategy. The country’s priorities have changed in line with the strategy.

Click to see the full-size image

For instance, George W. Bush’s 2002 strategy initially focused on fighting terrorism after 9/11; however, by 2006, the focus had shifted to spreading democracy worldwide. Obama’s 2015 strategy spoke of partnering with China, but Biden’s 2022 strategy identified Beijing as the primary competitor on the global stage.

The administration led by former President Donald Trump retained some principles and approaches to national security. However, new provisions have also appeared that could seriously impact the current international situation in the near future.

A fresh perspective

The regional sections of the strategy begin with the Western Hemisphere. There, Trump introduced an “addendum” to the Monroe Doctrine, which secured South America as an area of U.S. interest in the 19th century. The document proclaims the restoration of American dominance in the region. This means that China’s growing presence in Latin America will be met with significant opposition. The strategy explicitly states that the White House aims to limit “hostile” foreign presence in the region.

Click to see the full-size image

In East Asia, the United States intends to restore the balance of economic relations with China based on reciprocity and fairness. They plan to increase cooperation with their QUAD allies — Australia, Japan, and India. This organization is also called the “Asian NATO” because its main goal is to contain Chinese military expansion. A primary objective is to prevent a military conflict over Taiwan by maintaining military superiority over Beijing.

According to the document, the Middle East is gradually fading from the U.S. political spotlight. This is due to the diversification of hydrocarbon supply routes. The region has also ceased to be a battleground for the great powers. Iran’s military and nuclear capabilities have reportedly been seriously undermined by Israeli airstrikes and the US operation “Midnight Hammer.” Consequently, the White House claims that the Middle East has become much calmer and will soon be an ideal location for growth in production and investment.

Click to see the full-size image

Declaration of Schism

The new strategy marks a significant change in the U.S.’s approach to Europe, Russia, and the Ukrainian conflict. The White House officially acknowledges that the European Union’s problems are deeper than expected and that its strategies have failed on a number of issues. Chapter C, page 25:

“… Europe’s real problems are even deeper. Continental Europe has lost its share of the global GDP—falling from 25 percent in 1990 to 14 percent today—due in part to national and transnational regulations that hinder creativity and industriousness.”

“The larger issues facing Europe include the activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty; migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife; censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition; declining birth rates; and loss of national identities and self-confidence.”

Click to see the full-size image

The White House has officially announced its position as a mediator in the Ukrainian conflict. Consequently, if the hostilities continue, Kyiv can only rely on its European allies, whose financial and military reserves are smaller than those of the United States.

Click to see the full-size image

The key point of this paragraph is the desire to stabilize the EU economy, prevent the spread of war, and restore strategic stability with Russia. Ukraine is mentioned only four times in the strategy, once directly in the above paragraph. There is no mention of providing military assistance or support to achieve victory on the battlefield.

The phrase “reconstruction of Ukraine to enable its survival as a viable state” shows that the United States is not considering a military victory over Russia. Their primary interest is ensuring Ukraine’s survival. Consequently, the American administration is seriously considering the possibility that Ukraine will cease to exist as a state. Since the strategy is designed for the next several years, the intention to restore and preserve Ukraine suggests that the conflict may end soon.

At the end of the chapter is a list of U.S. goals in the region, ranked by priority. Normalizing relations with Russia is at the top. The second point is equally interesting: the Americans intend to make the European Union independent, both economically and militarily. The growing number of internal problems in the U.S. is forcing the U.S. to reduce its support for its European allies. The publication of the official position should send a clear signal to EU leaders.

Almost last but not the least is a statement about the perception of NATO. The Ukrainian conflict is precisely the result of a clash between Russian and Western interests. Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that NATO’s eastward expansion threatens European stability. Various attempts were made to establish dialogue and document areas of interest to both Russia and the European Union. However, in 2022, diplomacy fell silent and the guns began to speak.

Click to see the full-size image

Conclusion

Such officially documented shifts in American foreign policy can be assumed to be the result of a number of important factors. A clash between the superpowers, the U.S. and China, is becoming more likely with each passing year. The European region is consuming a significant amount of military and financial resources. If the conflict escalates, Washington may not have enough strength to respond.

Russian-American diplomacy is beginning to bear fruit. Frequent visits to Moscow by U.S. Special Representative Steve Whitcoff are proof of this. The countries have likely found areas of cooperation and prospects for mutually beneficial joint development. Furthermore, the White House is interested in preventing the formation of a military-political alliance between Beijing and Moscow.

As a demonstration of good intentions, Donald Trump has documented his position, which suits Russia. Specifically, he has positioned the US as the main mediator and stakeholder in the peace talks. There has also been no official statement of support for Ukraine in the conflict. The last acute issue for Moscow regarding NATO is also planned to be resolved. The alliance has announced its intention to change its policy of constantly expanding its sphere of influence.

European allies are unlikely to be happy with such changes. Economic and defense sovereignty will place a heavy burden on taxpayers. Washington’s public distancing from Brussels is a cold dose of reality.

Your browser does not support PDF viewing.  

 


MORE ON THE TOPIC:

Subscribe
Notify of
guest
36 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Catcher

uncle chumpo catching a bear with honey.

hash
hashed
Shirley temple

you’re not catching g anything but flies .

Little My

if the main goal of their strategy is to support al qaeda like traitorous russia does, it seems to me that it will be like in the song by davor borno.

today luck is on our side, tomorrow there will be a new war.

and a democrat will come to the white house and undo ukraine’s defeat.

do you think that zaluzhny, sadovyi or klitschko would not obey the democratic president of the usa.

Makayla Brunning

in november 2025, the u.s. government published a new national security strategy. this document significantly impacted the country’s foreign policy. it outlines the primary issues in the realm of us national security and the planned solutions………………… https://psee.io/8ela5d

Last edited 20 days ago by Makayla Brunning
Shaman

amerikans are a stupified inferior species–you are one more proof–find a better purple haired lgbt therapist accept you are transgender find taliban husband

Foghorn Leghorn

according to resources in the hill and the septagon. taco is going to do another 360 in the caribbean. platano maduro is off the hook, the largest carrier in the universe will be home by christmas. however there will be a few more strikes on banana boats to declared victory and wrap things up.

hash
hashed
Shirley temple

the hills them totally the globalists .

Walt Disney

were you educated in a catholic school ? if you were you know one when you see them .

Zhukov

yes i’m a salesian.

Benedetto

l’esercito americano in realtà è tenuto ostaggio dagli europei e gli americani ancora non lo capiscono.

hash
hashed
Shirley temple

only openly since obama told.you that the us was catholic now totally in effect and that the pope was moral authority for rule of law and then the pope visited .everything in this world turned from the 2013 creation of the first ever jesuit pope francis. he’s dead died rather abruptly , swiftly buried , trump over turned the stolen allegedly election and an americans pope now .but there’s been no indication that he is in any way fundamentally different re universalism . allegedly

Last edited 20 days ago by Shirley temple
jens holmchuk

never trust gringo snake

hash
hashed
Shirley temple

or ramses circumcised toilet roll beneddetto or jens or fred or raving royalists or catchers in the sly or cradle snatching santa claws etcetera etcetera .

R. Ambrose Raven

we should note that the united states would lose any conventional war with the prc over taiwan. their ruling class, their oligarchs, know that. their real aim is to create a foreign bogeyman to distract from the foreign and domestic plunder and repression that remains within their power.

hash
hashed
Shirley temple

americas not going to go to war baited with taiwan. grow up trump knows that they’re going to try every trick on the book to get him to send his miltary iverseas so that they can run a civil war inside am erica just like they entrapped the russian tsar in ww1 . . he’s not a simple minded sucker of msm

Shirley temple

and now after zelenskys left the city he’s saying we’re not giving up one inch of territory and we’re not surrendering ,
who needed to wait to hear that ?

Clyde

drumpf is literally an idiot and if you believe otherwise is moron in a cult of personality.

Rob

just remember one thing: everything is a ruse. apply that rule to everything that happens in the world including this new worthless paper.

while washington pretends to negotiate peace they pump $billions more into ukraine. while trump wants the nobel peace prize he: murders fisherman in venzuela without evidence or trial; he bombs sovereign countries who harm nobody (iran); he assists israel to gencoide palestinians and steals their land and offshore oil/gas; he bombs sudan; etc etc etc.

Last edited 20 days ago by Rob
Shirley temple

youre obvious. try harder .

Clyde

you’re a world-level champion imbecile, who could possibly match you?

Rob

the facts are obvious to anyone who looks. obviously this comment of yours is one of the mossad/cia/mi6 psyop techniques to shut down any valid criticism.

Shirley temple

the europeans by which you mean really the catholics, because they all are, even in england and america all the key players , will just have to accept that americans are not . they never have been . there’s only been 2 catholic president’s and they were both disasters . and they aren’t going to pay to fund their own self destruction .and they do know. the truth that dare not speak its name and all of that , the silent majority . allegedly.

hash
hashed
Shirley temple

jfk , what nerve , saying , ask not what your country can do for you , but what you can do for your country, in other words you’re the servant of the government, and play like a dickensian twat , please sir can i ave some more work? .
and biden funding all of what’s happening.
allegedly

Last edited 20 days ago by Shirley temple
Clyde

the government is not the country. americans work for the rich, not the government. the rich own the us government. grow up.

Walt Disney

they don’t care about taxpayers and definitely not their supposed sovereignty. they milk them like cows and they take all of the cream that’s their racket . allegedly

hash
hashed
Clyde

infantile drivel.the us has never had “economic relations with china based on reciprocity and fairness” nor with any other country.

Clyde

the us will probably give up on global empire because their proxy lost the war. because that’s how the us works. sf farting out articles again.

Massa John

it was not how rt works, it’s how the russians work- they take the shovel for real, cause they know how to end everyone with it

Little My

does it seem to me like this man is doing all this on purpose just to go to prison?

hash
hashed
Massa John

fuck them, every one of them…

hash
hashed
Shaman

the ordinary amerikan character displayed–cowardice—only respecting russia china and berating discarding weak west europe chihuahua

hash
hashed
zman

just another trump fraud. there is no change, just a declaration of the same old shit, updated to make it seem relevant. trump is only dumpling the eu/ukr in the media. back door bs will continue. monroe doctrine bs is that too, bs. this is a war on brics and everyone but americans knows this. tramp is doing the usual, presenting a fraud, the real action comes when no one is looking. that is coming soon, the reference to a destroyed iran is the clue. lies on lies.

hash
hashed
Sam the Sham

only moron americunt species fails to comprehend–coward bullies feminized americunts always cower when challenged..concomitantly they spit on the weak chihuahua in western europe–their foreign policy reflects interpersonal relation in burgerstan

hash
hashed
washed turd

its always calm when you are a pussy suit wearing faggot

hash
hashed
bert33

khamenei belongs in a nursing home and iran needs to make peace with israel and ask israels help with their water problems, iran is both dry and broke, the mullahs have had their day and its time for real change.

hash
hashed
the narrative

brian berletic the new atlas has done a review of this document. it admits china is more economically powerful and ukraine is losing. but actual policy remains basically unchanged. russia is a peer nation and is considered a threat.

hash
hashed