US Abandons Globalist Course, Calls Russia a Stabilizing Force in Revised Security Doctrine

The White House has released a new United States National Security Strategy, in which Russia is no longer described as a threat but as a guarantor of global stability.

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US National Security Strategy

The United States Seeks Strategic Stability With Russia

The cessation of hostilities in Ukraine is defined in the new strategy as “a vital interest” of the United States. The document outlines several key objectives:

• to stabilize the economies of European states,
• to prevent an unintended escalation or widening of the war,
• to restore strategic stability with Russia,
• to ensure Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction so that it can survive as a viable state.

Washington accuses European governing structures of “nurturing unrealistic expectations about the war while presiding over unstable minority governments, many of which trample core democratic principles to suppress opposition.”

The document declares: “We will oppose the antidemocratic restrictions on fundamental freedoms imposed by elites in Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the world, especially among our allies.”

This mirrors the criticism voiced earlier by Vice President J. D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference, where he condemned Europe for suppressing parties that represent the interests of their own populations.

Washington also argues that NATO should no longer be perceived “as an alliance that is constantly expanding,” and that the enlargement process must stop. Only then, the strategy asserts, can “the conditions of stability within Europe and strategic stability with Russia” be restored.

Globalism Is Destroying the United States

The strategy sets out the rationale behind these dramatic changes:

• The United States can no longer bear global responsibilities “whose connection to national interests the American people do not see.”
• Previous administrations “made disastrously misguided bets on globalism and so-called ‘free trade,’ which in practice hollowed out the middle class and the industrial base on which America’s economic and military superiority depends.”
• The United States will no longer allow itself to be drawn into conflicts and disputes “that are central to the interests of allies but peripheral or wholly unrelated to our own,” the strategy states.

The document warns that the European continent is becoming “noneuropean,” calling into question NATO’s viability as an institution. This theme also appeared in Vance’s earlier remarks, in which he observed that Britain is turning into a Muslim-majority country.

Guarantee Against Restoration of Old Course?

The Trump administration’s “National Security Strategy” thus becomes an ideological manifesto aimed at a revolutionary reconfiguration of the world order. It is now evident that the United States no longer sees Russia as a threat and is willing to accept strategic parity and cooperation. In place of liberal internationalism, the strategy proposes pragmatic nationalism. The United States wants Europe to become “a group of united sovereign states” and does not consider Western Europe “a healthy” political entity.

The strategy also defines the framework for negotiations on Ukraine, where Washington intends to push for a rapid freezing of the conflict, while Europe must prepare to rely solely on itself and reconcile with the end of NATO enlargement. The principles outlined provide Russia with an opportunity to reshape its policy in Europe, eliminate the region’s anti-Russian orientation, and engage with the United States on equal terms.

The single caveat is that there is no guarantee the previous anti-Russian strategy will not be revived. The only factor one might hope for is the prospect of Vance coming to power for eight years after Trump, since he is evidently the author of the document.