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The Collective Freakout over the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) – Rhetoric or Reality?

  • Dec 18, 2025
  • 1 min read
New President Trump

In the latest ASI Commentary, Agora Strategy Senior Advisor Marc Polymeropoulos analyzes the implications of the most recent U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) for European security and the future of the transatlantic relationship. The assessment examines the NSS’s direct impact on U.S. foreign policy in the coming years, extending beyond the Trump administration, and its consequences for European security.

Marc Polymeropoulos served for 26 years at the CIA before retiring in July 2019 at the Senior Intelligence Service level. He specializes in counterterrorism and covert action and serves as an on-air national security contributor for MSNBC, as well as a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.


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