United States releases National Security Strategy reviving Monroe Doctrine and limiting NATO expansion

Key facts

• The Trump administration unveiled a new National Security Strategy Thursday evening, calling for a greater emphasis in the Western Hemisphere.
• The 33-page strategy document says, 'After years of neglect, the United States will reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine to restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere.'
• The NSS dubs the changes the 'Trump Corollary' with the goal of enlisting 'established friends' in the region to help control migration, curtail the flow of drugs and strengthen stability.
• The first bullet in the 'priorities' section states, 'The era of mass migration is over,' stating that 'border security is the primary element of national security.'
• The NSS states, 'We will oppose elite-driven, anti-democratic restrictions on core liberties in Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the world, especially among our allies.'
• The document expressly states that the largest issue facing Europe is the 'Stark prospect of civilizational erasure.'
• The NSS calls for ending the 'perception' and 'preventing the reality' of NATO’s continued expansion.
• It calls on Washington to increase diplomatic relations with Moscow to reestablish conditions for regional 'strategic stability.'
• The NSS says the US wants to build up a military capable of 'denying aggression' within the First Island Chain.
• Deterring a conflict over Taiwan remains a 'priority' and the US does not support unilateral changes to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait.