Revised US Security Strategy Seen as Ground for Renewed Russia, US Ties

(MENAFN) The latest US National Security Strategy may provide a platform for renewed collaboration between Moscow and Washington, though several aspects of the document still require further explanation, Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova said on Monday.

Zakharova noted that the updated strategy, unveiled last week by US President Donald Trump’s administration, signifies a substantial departure from the 2022 edition and signals a reassessment of America’s aspirations to global dominance.

Nevertheless, she emphasized that only time will reveal whether the White House will fully honor this stated shift.

According to Zakharova, particular elements related to Ukraine could serve as a framework for ongoing “constructive” diplomatic interaction between Russia and the United States in pursuit of a peace agreement.

These points, she suggested, might also help counter Europe’s “party of war.” She argued that the rift between Washington and Brussels arose because the EU attempted to undermine Trump’s peace proposal.
She further highlighted the strategy’s acknowledgment of past “serious miscalculations,” including a “mistaken and destructive bet on globalism,” as well as statements urging policymakers to “put an end to the perception of NATO as a constantly expanding alliance” and to “prevent such a reality.”

Zakharova stressed that this marks the first instance in which the strategy challenges the US-led military coalition’s “aggressively expansionist” trajectory, even though it stops short of pledging to cease expansion altogether.

Moscow maintains that NATO enlargement remains a key driver of the conflict in Ukraine, which it characterizes as a Western-backed proxy confrontation.

In the updated document, Russia is referenced primarily in relation to European security, and there is no explicit call for systematic “containment” of Russia or intensified economic pressure.

Still, Zakharova pointed out that Washington’s aim of achieving “energy dominance” by “reducing the influence of adversaries” signals a continued ambition to edge Russia out of global energy markets.

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