By Ambassador (Dr.) Mohan Kumar, Director General, MJIAS<\/p>\n
Now that the much awaited National Security Strategy (NSS) December 2025 is out, it is interesting to compare the present version with the NSS dated December 2017 which was published by the first Trump administration. A broad-brush assessment is given below. Analysts will no doubt pore over the 33-page document of the NSS 2025 ( the NSS 2017 was 68 pages long!) and give their detailed assessment in the days and weeks ahead.<\/p>\n
America First:\u00a0<\/strong>Both the NSS 2017 and the NSS 2025 put \u201cAmerica First\u201d and this manifests itself through the core foreign policy interest which is protection of homeland security. The 2017 document is clear: The fundamental responsibility is to protect the American people, the homeland and the American way of life. The 2025 document goes one step further and talks of \u201cfull control over borders, over immigration system and over transportation networks through which people come into the country \u2013\u00a0legally\u00a0<\/strong>(emphasis mine) and illegally.\u201d By clubbing legal and illegal immigration together, the NSS 2025 makes its intentions clear \u2013 to stop \u201cdestabilizing population flows\u201d and allow the US full and sovereign control over who is admitted and who is not. The NSS 2025 proclaims that the era of mass migration is over and that a border controlled by the will of the American people as implemented by their government is fundamental to the survival of the US as a sovereign republic.<\/p>\n