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The Trump administration last week released its national security strategy, the first of President Donald Trump’s second term in office. While many in Washington were awaiting the publication of this strategy, most were surprised by how suddenly and the way in which it appeared. Without any major public event or keynote speech by a senior administration official, the White House quietly released the 33-page strategy online with little fanfare.
This is interesting because, in the past, new administrations would launch their national security strategies to establish a clear division between their incumbency and the national security approach of their predecessor. They are seen as a way to drive the news cycle for at least a couple of days and this is why a senior official, often the president himself, would deliver a major speech outlining his vision for American statecraft.
This strategy is different from its predecessors in many ways. It is more focused, concentrating only on four major regions of the world: the Western Hemisphere, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. At the end of the document, there is a small section on Africa that almost seems like an afterthought.
