Same Empire, New Rhetoric: Inside Trump's Security Strategy [Preview]

Same Empire, New Rhetoric: Inside Trump's Security Strategy [Preview]

Every four years, the U.S. government releases something called a ‘National Security Strategy’ (NSS). The Trump administration released its NSS in the last few days, and the media in the U.S. and all over the world is buzzing about what this strategy means. Today, we will talk about some of its key positions and answer the question: do they constitute a new foreign policy for the United States? Brian Becker is joined by Layan Fuleihan to discuss.

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