Breaking Down Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy

Brookings experts weigh in 1

The disappearance of major power competition as a US foreign policy priority 1

What would a counter-National Security Strategy look like? 2

Russia is absolved but diminished 3

A ‘Trump Corollary’ to the Monroe Doctrine 4

A major transatlantic divide 5

Economic policy discipline is the foundation of American strength 6

A full-scale repudiation of America’s approach to the world 7

A familiar Asia policy an unfamiliar America 7

Neglecting international order and law threatens ‘America First’ 8

What the Trump NSS gets right 9

Resilience demands protecting America’s communication networks 10

The Kremlin has reason to celebrate 11

US-Africa ties amid China’s rise 12

Can Americans have more by doing less? 13

The language of tyranny 14

Foreign policy incoherence on full display 14

Europe must prepare for what’s coming 15

A ‘Trump Corollary’ will work against US policy 16

The myth of restraint 17

Authors 18