"Eight years ago, Trump's said that "China and Russia challenge American power, influence, and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity." The new NSS doesn't name Russia as a threat to the U.S. - stating instead that "strategic stability with Russia" is a goal of American policy. Europe is presented as a bigger challenge; the U.S. should "help Europe correct its current trajectory," which the NSS says has been damaged by immigration and a risk of " civilizational erasure.""
"As for China, the document focuses on economic competition - trade, infrastructure, and technology. References to Taiwan and the South China Sea come later, and they include warnings that other Asian nations must carry a greater burden; "the American military cannot, and should not have to, do this alone." "The north star of great-power competition with China and Russia-around which the first Trump administration built bipartisan consensus-is gone," Rebecca Lissner, Senior Fellow for U.S. foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, of the new NSS. The objective now, she said, is a "mutually advantageous economic relationship with Beijing.""
The National Security Strategy redefines priorities by seeking "strategic stability with Russia" and portraying Europe as a larger challenge affected by immigration and alleged "civilizational erasure." China is framed primarily as an economic competitor focused on trade, infrastructure, and technology, with calls for Asian partners to assume greater security burdens. The prior bipartisan consensus on great-power competition is described as gone, replaced by an aim for a mutually advantageous economic relationship with Beijing. European leaders reacted angrily to the Russia posture, while Kremlin officials praised the emphasis on restoring strategic stability.
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