Trump’s 2025 NSS Redraws The Map: Russia Gets A Handshake, Europe A Lecture, India A Line

The document contains several strikingly unconventional elements, particularly its soft-pedalling on Russia and a noticeable downgrade in the rhetorical priority given to India The release of President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy (NSS) for 2025 has provided a blunt blueprint for the administration’s foreign policy, confirming an expected sharp divergence from previous US approaches, particularly regarding Europe and the Indo-Pacific. As noted by geostrategist Brahma Chellaney on X, the document contains several strikingly unconventional elements, particularly its soft-pedalling on Russia and a noticeable downgrade in the rhetorical priority given to India. Russia and Ukraine: Seeking an ‘Expeditious Cessation’ The strategy…