Pragmatic rather than egoistic: new strategy of US National Security from Suren Sargsyan

“Pragmatic rather than egoistic”. Expert on international studies Suren Sargsyan gives such an assessment to the new US National Security strategy. He first clarifies that the US regularly updates this strategy in accordance with the requirements of the modern world. “The strategy is a natural organism; it should be updated. The approaches to this strategy are new, they based on the Trump's campaign ideology “America First” which is already a policy. We will see its implementation in the next 4-5 years,” "says Sargsyan.

Suren Sargsyan emphasizes that Trump is already keeping his campaign promises and will continue to fulfill most of them. “This strategy is a part of his promises. First, the acquisition of a new armament, the army's replenishment with new personnel. He legitimized “America First” ideology from the UN tribune, saying, ‘as you will always put your countries first’. Therefore, this is not egoistic, but pragmatic,” he notes.

The expert also adds that as regards Israel, the United States proves that “even opposing the whole world it supports its number one strategic ally”. Details in the program “Paradigm”.