Saturday, February 7, 2015

Obama's new security strategy stresses 'collective action'

The Obama administration on Friday unveiled its second and final national security strategy, stressing the importance of "collective action" over unilateral ones in defending U.S. core interests...

In a new document outlining his national security priorities for his final years in office, U.S. President Barack Obama said that while it is important for the United States to act unilaterally against threats to U.S. national interests, "we are stronger when we mobilize collective action," referring to the ongoing U.S.-led airstrikes on the extremist group "Islamic State" (IS) and the joint sanctions imposed with its European allies on Russia.

Obama also said that America should not overreach in dealing with international affairs.

"But, this does not mean we can or should attempt to dictate the trajectory of all unfolding events around world," Obama wrote in an introduction to the White House strategy paper, acknowledging that resources and influence of the United States are not infinite.

"We have to make hard choices among many competing priorities, and we must always resist the over-reach that comes when we make decisions based upon fear," Obama wrote.

  • The release of the new security memo came at a time when Washington was reportedly rethinking its previous stance on not arming the Ukrainian forces with lethal weapons. Though stating that all options in dealing with the Ukraine crisis were on the table, U.S. top officials, including Secretary of State John Kerry, have repeatedly stressed that Washington still regards diplomacy as the way out.
Though mandated by the law to send Congress a national security strategy document annually, most U.S. presidents, including the incumbent, sent the document only sporadically. In his previous memo to Congress in 2010, Obama tried to frame his direction for the administration as a severance of his predecessor, President George W. Bush.
  china.org.cn - Xinhua
7/2/15
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1 comment :

  1. Rede von Susan Rice bei Think Tank: Die USA feiern sich als Weltretter...

    "Wo stünde die Welt heute ohne die Führung durch die USA?" Diese Frage stellte Barack Obamas Sicherheitsberaterin Susan Rice vor Politikstrategen. Doch der Führungsanspruch habe seinen Preis.

    Die Weltführungsmacht Amerika steht Dank der Politik Barack Obamas und einem neuen wirtschaftlichen Wachstum gestärkt da, sieht sich aber zugleich vielfältigen Herausforderungen ausgesetzt. Das sagte Susan Rice, die Nationale Sicherheitsberaterin des Präsidenten, am Freitag bei der Vorstellung der neuen "Nationalen Sicherheitsstrategie" (National Security Strategy) der USA.................http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Politik/d/6111866/die-usa-feiern-sich-als-weltretter.html
    7/2/15

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