The aftershock like reverberations from the publication of the strategic priorities of the United States continue.
Many are speaking of a new Yalta. which will not include Europe, which U.S. President Donald Trump considers “geopolitically nonexistent”.
The next step is whether this new strategic doctrine includes the division of Europe between the Russian sphere of power and the American one.
More specifically, the new National Security Strategy (NSS) of the Trump administration was published last week, setting the general direction of American foreign policy for the remainder of his term.
The strategy focuses on the end of what is described as the “ever expanding NATO”, on the creation of “conditions of stability in Europe” and on encouraging European allies to “stand on their own feet” on security matters.
And of course it removes Russia from the list of geopolitical enemies.
The document also warns that Europe is facing “cultural decline”, with references to migration, censorship and lack of freedom of speech, declining birth rates and, as described, the loss of national identity and self confidence.
The Defense One report
The renewal of international institutions
At the same time, a radical realignment of the international balance of power appears to be under consideration by the U.S. administration, according to information from Politico and Defense One.
At the center is the creation of a new international group of five countries (United States, Russia, China, India and Japan) which reportedly already bears the name Core 5 (C5).
Such a structure would in practice constitute a “successor organization” to the G7, eliminating the European Union from the field of major geopolitical players.
Defense One claims that the concept of the C5 is contained in an unpublished version of the U.S. National Security Strategy.
Although the Deputy Press Secretary of the White House, Anna Kelly, avoided confirming the existence of the document, security experts believe that the idea fits perfectly with the new American view of a “balance of power” in the 21st century.
As political scientist Vladimir Mozhegov notes, the new strategy rejects any notion of “global unity” and returns to the logic of spheres of influence and large imperial type poles of power.
However, a few days after the official publication, the Defense One website reported that a larger, unpublished version of the NSS was circulating in Washington.
The choice of allies
According to the website, the unpublished version contained clearer political objectives for reshaping the future of Europe and reducing the influence of the European Union.
Selected group of countries close to MAGA
The draft. “Make Europe Great Again”, suggesting that the United States should focus on a selected group of governments ideologically closer to the MAGA movement that brought Donald Trump to prominence.
The unpublished version stated that Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland were countries with which the United States should “work more closely. with the aim of pulling them away from the European Union”.
In addition, it emphasized that the United States should support “parties, movements and intellectual and cultural actors who seek sovereignty and the restoration of traditional European ways of life. while remaining pro American”.
None of these phrases appear in the officially published NSS, which focuses on broader issues of strategic stability with Russia, on the need for Europe to regain its self confidence and on continued American support for democracy and freedom of expression.
The official document argues that Europe’s loss of self confidence is particularly evident in its stance toward Russia and states: “Managing Europe’s relations with Russia will require significant American diplomatic engagement, both to restore conditions of strategic stability on the Eurasian continent and to mitigate the risk of conflict between Russia and European states”.
European leaders’ expectations unrealistic
It adds that stabilizing the continent will require “the rapid cessation of hostilities in Ukraine” in order to avoid escalation, restore stability and support the survival of Ukraine as a viable state.
The text also warns that the war has increased Europe’s external dependence, particularly that of Germany, and criticizes what are described as the unrealistic expectations of certain European officials.
It concludes that despite internal crises, the continent remains strategically and culturally vital to the United States.
The United States, it states, “encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revitalization of spirit”, emphasizing that the growing influence of patriotic European parties “provides grounds for great optimism”.
After the appearance of the report in Defense One, the White House rushed to deny the existence of any larger or alternative NSS.
Spokeswoman Anna Kelly stated: “There is no alternative, private or classified version. President Trump is transparent and signed one NSS that clearly guides the American government to implement the established principles and priorities”.
Vance’s statements at the NATO Summit in Munich
Commenting on the strategy on the American Conservative website, Polish MP Krzysztof Bosak, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, the lower house of Poland, said: “I cannot say that I disagree with anything there. It is a continuation of the speech by Vice President J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference, with which I fully agreed”.
“Perhaps Europe needs a shock from our good old friend, America, to start a real discussion, because there has been no discussion in the European establishment.
In America there are both sides of the political spectrum.
In Western Europe there is only one side. If you have politically incorrect views, you may find yourself in prison, because you said too much, for example in Britain or sometimes in Germany”, he added.
The Italian newspaper La Repubblica also reported on the Defense One article, highlighting the claim that the United States planned to use Italy, Austria, Hungary and Poland “as tools for dismantling the European Union”, incorporating them into a broader, ideologically aligned group.
It noted that the unpublished draft considered European migration policies to lead to the “disappearance of its culture”, and that Washington should cooperate with European actors seeking “sovereignty” and the restoration of traditional ways of life.
La Repubblica also noted that Matt Schlapp, President of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the famous emblematic organization of European Conservatives, recently expressed interest in organizing a major CPAC event in Italy to promote a sovereignist agenda. Despite the lack of enthusiasm from government sources, Schlapp told the newspaper: “We will do it”.
CPAC has emerged as significant among European conservatives in recent years, particularly in Hungary, where the large annual event in Budapest now attracts major players from both Europe and the other side of the Atlantic.
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