National Security Strategy

[donquixote99]

Today's Letter form HCR focuses on the newly-released public US National Security Strategy. I find it gratifying, it seems wise and good.

“The post-Cold War era is definitively over and a competition is underway between the major powers to shape what comes next,” the NSS says. “No nation is better positioned to succeed in this competition than the United States, as long as we work in common cause with those who share our vision of a world that is free, open, secure, and prosperous. This means that the foundational principles of self-determination, territorial integrity, and political independence must be respected, international institutions must be strengthened, countries must be free to determine their own foreign policy choices, information must be allowed to flow freely, universal human rights must be upheld, and the global economy must operate on a level playing field and provide opportunity for all.”

I don't see this as just the endorsement of 'motherhood and apple pie' that often shows up in public policy documents. These goals are not trivial or easy, but the administration appears to be thinking clearly about them, and acting accordingly--for example, by administering a sharp check to to China's contrary ambitions in the realm of technology strategy.