The White House released its new National Security Strategy on 18 December 2017. The revisionist powers of China and Russia, the rogue states of Iran and North Korea and jihadist terrorist groups are regarded as US national threats.
The document does not expressly “overturn” the strategies of former president Barack Obama or his predecessors, but it frames Trump’s priorities differently. It can be defined as first main strategy agreed by both parties in Senate after the presidential election.
Countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia are defined as US friends where as Turkey is not mentioned neither friend not partner. This already emphasizes the ongoing problems between US and Turkey.
Moreover the document is revealed after US recognition of Quds as capital of Israel. Eventually this would arises questions between the cooperation of US and Saudi Arabia in muslim world.
