The US National Security Strategy 2025, issued last week, is more than a restatement of priorities by a new administration. It marks a decisive break from the broad framework of American foreign policy in place since World War II and recast after the Cold War. It is the external manifesto of the inward-looking America First movement that propelled Donald Trump back into the White House.

For India — like all major powers and regions — the NSS 2025 is a moment of adjustment, but also an opportunity to build on the possibilities opened by a major shift in American policy. The NSS distils the core concerns of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) agenda — restraint, nationalism, territorial and economic sovereignty, and a rejection of liberal universalism. It discards the internationalist conse

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