US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY 2025
- Jim Cox
- Dec 12, 2025
- 1 min read
Ladies and gentlemen,
Attached here is the US National Security Strategy 2025, for your review and comment through the lens of threats to Canadian sovereignty.
We will be conducting a VICS on Thursday, 15 January, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, on Zoom, to discuss the nature of threats to Canadian sovereignty that might come from this document. Further information on the VICS will be published in the Groups Forum.
In the meantime, I invite you to share your comments here. We will be particularly interested in hearing of any effects in your particular area of intelligence work. Is there any change in working relationships among/with our closest allies?
Best regards,
Jim
Here is an interesting analysis on some less obvious implications of the US Security Strategy" https://www.cigionline.org/articles/sovereignty-terms-and-conditions-apply/?utm_source=cigi_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sovereignty-terms-and-conditions-apply
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https://youtube.com/shorts/t3ZLrBkNYWk?si=e1O9sfatyCag0iZR CNN. Good summary.
https://youtu.be/zaUKeS512R0?si=NHbUC7HM-PY4HBRw Council on Foreign Relations. “Repudiates the foreign policy the United States has pursued since the end of the Cold War.” Captures President’s worldview, indicates priorities.
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