Hope is not a strategy. For most of this year, European leaders have hoped that the Trump Administration has not actually meant its President’s oscillating support for the North Atlantic Treaty ...

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. Credit: Official White ...

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a bilateral meeting at the Gimhae International Airport terminal in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. Credit: Official White ...

When the Trump administration unveiled its new national security strategy (NSS) last week, many experts noticed one major shift: how it talks – or more importantly, doesn’t talk – about China. Gone ...

WASHINGTON’S newly articulated National Security Strategy (NSS) for 2025 marks a decisive shift in how the United States intends to manage power, deter rivals and mobilize alliances across the ...

Democratic lawmakers said in a report that shifting Defense Department funding to support the Trump administration’s immigration agenda has hurt military readiness. By John Ismay Reporting from ...

The White House's new National Security Strategy (NSS) shifts to an "America First" approach, focusing on the Western Hemisphere and economic security over global commitments. The strategy softens ...

The White House released US President Donald Trump's National Security Strategy (NSS) report for his second term Thursday evening local time, described by US media Politico as "a rare formal ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. On December 4, the Donald Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy (NSS) that criticized U.S. allies ...

President Trump has released his national security strategy (NSS) with a focus on building up a larger military presence in the Western Hemisphere, balancing global ...

This National Security Strategy (NSS) marks an ideological and substantive shift in U.S. foreign policy. The administration is attempting to define a new “America First” foreign policy doctrine that ...

Recent strikes on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean by the administration of US President Donald Trump are an extension of a long US tradition of interference in the region. Former Chilean chief of ...