US President Donald Trump's administration has released a new National Security Strategy (NSS) for 2025, something critics argue is less about international stability and more about regional dominance.
In the recent NSS, US military posture witnessed a shift from West Asia to the Americas. It also reframes China as a geopolitical rival, stressing economic competition. The document urges European and West Asian allies to raise defense funds.
NSS paradoxically underlines Gaza genocide and raids on Iran as evidence of subsiding regional violence. Iran has dismissed NSS as a document that serves Israeli interests in the West Asia region.
This episode of Spotlight looks at different aspects of US National Security Strategy and reasons for such a shift.