The new National Security Strategy (NSS) includes provisions about “strong, traditional families” and “renewing the spiritual and cultural health” of the United States. They constitute a clear change in relation to the previous strategy, including that of Donald Trump's first term. The Defense One website, even before the official strategy was announced, received a longer, non-binding version of the NSS.
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What countries were mentioned in the US strategy in the context of Poland?
What does the new US National Security Strategy propose?
What cultural values are addressed in the new US strategy?
What does the creation of the C5 group mean in the new strategy?
New US National Security Strategy. They got to the longer version
The longer version of the NSS contains the same main points: competition with China, withdrawal from European defense, new approach to the Western Hemisphere. The unpublished version also proposes new ways of leading internationally and a different approach to influencing Europe's future. It's about cultural values.
Defense One points out that the published version of the NSS calls for “an end to NATO's relentless expansion,” but the longer version shows how the Trump administration would like to “make Europe great again,” even as it calls on European nations to become independent from U.S. military support.
Poland mentioned in the longer version of the US National Security Strategy
The Trump administration assumes that Europe is facing a “decline of civilization” caused by migration policy and “censorship of free speech.” The NSS proposes to focus on relations with countries whose authorities have similar views.
Poland, Austria, Hungary and Italy were mentioned as countries with which the US “should work more closely to steer them away from the European Union.” “We should support parties, movements, and intellectuals who strive for sovereignty and preserving or restoring traditional European ways of life, while remaining pro-American,” writes Defense One.
New US Security Strategy. They propose the creation of a C5 group
Trump's new strategy proposes the creation of a new entity that would bring together the five largest powers in the world. They would not be limited by G7 requirements. The NSS proposes the creation of a “Core 5” (C5) consisting of the US, India, China, Russia and Japan. Representatives of member states would meet from time to time to discuss specific issues.
In addition, the longer version includes a discussion of the “failure” of American hegemony. This issue does not appear in the published strategy. “Hegemony is not a valid goal and was not achievable,” the Defense One document quotes.
The longer strategy states that the affairs of other countries are of US concern only when their actions directly threaten American interests. This logic is to be used by the US to withdraw from the defense of Europe and turn its attention to the drug cartels in Venezuela.
We write more about the published version of the new US National Security Strategy here.
