[Richard Haass] Building alliances of US allies

US President Donald Trump’s second administration has been clear from the outset that it would recast American foreign policy in fundamental ways.

Its National Security Strategy, released last November, declared that “The days of the United States propping up the entire world order like Atlas are over” — a shift that is especially significant for America’s many allies and partners, which have long made dependence on the US the central tenet of their national security.

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