New US security strategy aligns with Russia’s vision, Moscow says

Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s new national security strategy, calling it “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision.

The 33-page document, unveiled this week by the US administration, suggests that Europe is facing “civilizational erasure” and does not present Russia as a threat to the United States.

Countering foreign influence, ending mass migration and rejecting the EU’s practice of “censorship” are mentioned as other priorities in the report.

Several EU officials and analysts have rejected the strategy, questioning the emphasis on free speech and comparing it to the language used by the Kremlin.

“The adjustments we see (…) are largely in line with our vision,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published Sunday by the official Russian news agency Tass.

“We consider this a positive step,” he said, adding that Moscow would continue to analyze the document before drawing firm conclusions.

The strategy adopts softer language toward Russia, which EU officials say could weaken its position toward Moscow as it works to end the war in Ukraine.

In the document, the EU is accused of blocking US efforts to end the conflict and says the US must “restore strategic stability in Russia”, which would “stabilize European economies”.

He appears to support efforts to influence policy on the continent, noting that U.S. policy should prioritize “resisting Europe’s current trajectory within European nations.”

The new report also calls for the restoration of “Western identity” and claims that Europe will be “unrecognizable in 20 years or less” and that its economic problems are “overshadowed by the real, darker prospect of civilizational erasure.”

“It is far from clear that some European countries will have sufficiently strong economies and militaries to remain reliable allies,” the document says.

In contrast, the document celebrates the influence of “European patriotic parties” and asserts that “America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this renewal of spirit.”

As the EU engages in ongoing talks with the Trump administration to secure a Ukraine peace deal, some officials have highlighted their enduring relationship with the United States, while raising “questions” about the document.

“The United States will remain our most important ally in the [Nato] alliance. This alliance, however, focuses on security policy issues,” German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Friday.

“I believe that questions of freedom of expression or organization of our free societies have no place [in the strategy]at least as far as Germany is concerned.”

In a social media post addressed to his “American friends,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said “Europe is your closest ally, not your problem” and highlighted their “common enemies.”

“This is the only reasonable strategy for our common security. Unless something has changed.”

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt wrote that the document “places itself to the right of the extreme right.”

The United States has moved closer to the far-right AfD party in Germany, classified as far-right by German intelligence services.

Promoting an “America First” message, the strategy says the United States intends to target suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, with possible military action in Venezuela considered.

The United States is also demanding increased defense spending from Japan, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan.

Congressional Democrats have warned that the document could upend U.S. foreign relations.

Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, who sits on the House committees overseeing intelligence and armed forces, called the strategy “catastrophic for America’s standing in the world.”

New York Rep. Gregory Meeks said it “rejects decades of values-based American leadership.”