The Trump administration is trying to reshape the geopolitical dynamics so that America remains the world’s sole superpower in the era of a new world order – and his new National Security Strategy reflects exactly that.

Introduction

Key Tenets of the Strategy

A Critique of Previous US Policies

The US NSS-2025 explicitly declared the post-Cold War US strategy as a mere facilitator to the international community at the expense of the US domestic and national priorities. It also plainly points out several huge inaccuracies in the former US foreign policy positions, such as the over-calculation of the US capacity to finance the whole world, in supposing the US as a giant welfare regulatory-administrative condition, as well as a giant military, diplomacy, intelligence complex, and foreign aid one. According to the Trump administration, these fault lines have caused serious dents to the American economy and allowed the US adversaries to take advantage of the US outsourcing in pursuing their own anti-American agenda. The Trump administration believes in the fact that to be strong abroad, they have to be strong at home, and it can only be done when the US foreign policy elites abandon their policies of dragging America into endless commitments.

Redrawing America’s Map of Priorities

The US NSS-2025 is a big shakeup for global politics, which presents to the entire international community a new and modified list of American national and foreign priorities. This 33-page document is basically a blueprint of how America plans to reshape the emerging world order. The document entails five core foreign policy interests of the US. Remember, the chronological order in which these interests are listed is of utmost importance.

1. According to the Trump administration, the Western Hemisphere would be at the epicenter of the entire US foreign policy effort. The intervention of foreign powers and the growing narco-terrorism in the American neighborhood are the prime national security concerns for the United States.

2. The Indo-Pacific region would be the second priority of the Trump administration. A free and open Indo-Pacific is vital for the preservation of the US national interest. The........

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