""In everything we do, we are putting America first," reads an introductory letter signed by the president in a recently-released 29-page document, titled "National Security Strategy of the United States of America." It sets out the US strategy as being "pragmatic without being 'pragmatist,' realistic without being 'realist,' principled without being 'idealistic,' muscular without being 'hawkish,' and restrained without being 'dovish.'""
"But the NSS has a clear impact on how government resources are allocated and gives foreign governments a steer on US intentions. "Whether or not the administration itself follows the principles and priorities laid out here, it is about the best source available to policymakers overseas seeking clarity on the direction of travel of an administration that has so far been inconsistent and unpredictable," Payne, a research director at the international affairs think tank Chatham House, told DW."
The 29-page National Security Strategy opens with the declaration "In everything we do, we are putting America first" and characterizes US foreign policy as pragmatic, realistic, principled, muscular, and restrained. The document rejects aspects of traditional US foreign policy and advances a stronger "America First" blueprint than the 2017 NSS. The NSS sets out a government foreign-policy vision rather than fixed policy, but it influences how government resources are allocated and signals US intentions to other states. The 2022 NSS under Biden notably made little mention of the Middle East. Chatham House research director Andrew Payne describes the NSS as the best available guide for overseas policymakers seeking clarity on the administration's trajectory despite inconsistency.
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