About this episode

Ankit Panda and Katie Putz discuss the unusual tone and implications of the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy.

In this episode of The Diplomat’s Asia Geopolitics podcast Ankit Panda and Katie Putz discuss the recently released U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS), focusing on its unusual tone, its departures from previous strategies, and the implications for U.S. foreign policy, particularly in relation to Europe and Asia.

People in this episode

Host: Ankit Panda

Guest: Katie Putz

Topics covered

• U.S. National Security Strategy
• foreign policy
• Europe
• Asia
• political analysis
• Trump administration

Keywords

• Trump
• National Security Strategy
• foreign policy
• Asia
• Europe
• politics
• geopolitics

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Organizations: U.S. National Security Strategy

Places: Europe, Asia

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