When does permissible strategic competition become illegitimate coercion, and when does state power begin to resemble organised crime? What is the Trump administration’s logic in pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández while indicting the sitting Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on similar allegations of drug trafficking?

President Trump’s latest national security initiative is unlikely to make the US secure from outside danger. For that matter, Trump’s own internal policies are

The following is the Dec. 18, 2025, Congressional Research Service in focus report, National Defense Strategy: Potential Implications for DOD of Prioritizing the Western Hemisphere and China.  From the Report The 2025 U.

The essence of the strategy is focusing on core national interests of the United States, without the distraction of asking countries to share our democratic values, and of trying to do too much with limited human,

Trump recognizes the threat of China on paper, but his strategy builds a doctrine whose sharpest, least cautious commitments are a 21st century Monroe Doctrine close to home.

President Trump is pursuing aggressive policies throughout the Western Hemisphere. His administration is calling it the "Trump Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine.

While scholars and pundits alike have focused on the dramatic reshaping of Washington’s perceived ironclad relationship with European partners and allies, the

The White House has published the National Security Strategy (NSS) document of the USA under the signatures of President, Mr. Donald Trump outlining the country’s priority areas in order to safeguard the ‘core national

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. The National Security Strategy document’s immigration references show the significant influence of White House ...

Canada must assert its sovereignty by articulating a clear, independent national-security strategy in the face of a destabilizing America First doctrine.

The strategy outlined three major threats to the United States. — -- President Trump unveiled his new national security strategy today, emphasizing a need for strategic competitiveness among rival powers, and building strength through prosperity ...

In December, Trump administration released 2025 national security strategy, proposing to reassert & enforce Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere. Read the text.