Author : Kalpit A Mankikar

Published on Dec 15, 2025

Trump’s latest National Security Strategy signals US retrenchment and transactionalism—reading in Beijing as strategic space to push harder on India

The Trump administration has released its first National Security Strategy (NSS) nearly a year after its inauguration. At the outset, the document asserts that not every “region or nation” deserved America’s attention; in short, it critiques previous United States (US) Presidents for overstretching themselves. Additionally, it emphasised that US foreign policy focuses on protecting its national interests. America’s re-industrialisation, economic revival, immigration, and the Western Hemisphere are the prime focus of the strategy.

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