America First: America's New National Security Strategy and its implications

America First: America's New National Security Strategy and its implications

From Geography Matters by Chris Hamnett

December 16, 2025 · 36 min · Season 2 · Episode 6

About this episode

The episode discusses America's New National Security Strategy and its implications for global politics.

At the end of November 2025 the US government published America's New National Security Strategy. This punchy, hard hitting, document did not mince its words. The basis of America's new security strategy is very clear:America first. To keep the USA at the forefront of the global economy , technology and defense. It was also clear that the current administration thinks that previous post war American foreign and strategic policy has been misguided and misplaced. It states that America's role is not to be the global proponent of democracy and peace worldwide. Rather, it has to put America's interests first and foremost. There is also a distinct geography to this policy. It is one of hemispheric dominance: the dominance of the western hemisphere stretching west for 180 degrees from the Greenwich Meridian. America sees its sphere of influence being primarily North and South America, stretching up to Greenland but also across the Indo-Pacific Ocean. The primary antagonist is clearly China, Europe is criticized for being weak kneed and Russia is scarcely mentioned except as a potential strategic partner. The Middle East is seen as being now largely sorted out and the rest of the world…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Hamnett

Topics covered

  • national security
  • foreign policy
  • geopolitics
  • America first
  • global economy
  • defense strategy

Keywords

  • national security
  • America first
  • foreign policy
  • geopolitics
  • China
  • defense strategy
  • global economy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US government

Books & works: America's New National Security Strategy

Places: USA, China, Europe, Russia, Middle East, Greenland, Indo-Pacific Ocean

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