WASHINGTON.- The new National Security Strategy (ESN) of the United States, signed by President Barack Obama, confirms the use of force as an option of first order in US global hegemonic intentions for the coming years.
The document states that this country will use its military power unilaterally when it considers a threat to its interests and those of its allies are threatening the lives of citizens and as an essential tool to support diplomacy anywhere in the world.
However, recognizing that this is not the only tool at their disposal, nor the principal means of consolidating their commitments, and not always the most effective method to address the challenges in the global arena, for which also features other punitive measures .
The text, presented today by the national security adviser in the White House, Susan Rice, highlights the claim of global leadership that Washington claims for itself, noting that «the question is not whether the United States must lead (the world) but how we will. »
As for the new course of relations with Cuba -after the decision of both governments to restore ties diplomats ESN notes that this change will improve Washington’s commitment to the nations of the Western Hemisphere.
These strategic guidelines emphasize the importance of Treaty Organization (NATO) to US interests in Europe, and calls the dominant multilateral partnership in today’s world.
In addition, the ESN revitalizes the air of the Cold War to highlight the role of NATO as a spearhead against Russia, through its expansion to the borders with the Eurasian nation, to punish Moscow for its rejection of Western intervention in Ukrainian conflict.
The document confirms the importance that the White House to the coalition of 60 countries that develop the military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, in the latter country against the will of the authorities in Damascus.
In assessing the difficult task as the United States to impose its agenda at the international level, the ESN recognizes these challenges call «strategic patience and persistence,» plus the intelligent use of national power.
In an attempt to secure money for these hegemonic projections, the strategy urges the US Congress to end the call kidnapping of funds concept that resource cuts taking place since 2013 and affect the military establishment are known.
Among the main dangers that threaten US interests ESN mention the catastrophic attacks on the territory of that country, the style of September 11, 2001, and threats or attacks against US citizens abroad or their allies.
Also listed among those risks the global economic crisis, the proliferation and use of weapons of mass destruction, the spread of severe epidemics and infectious diseases globally and the effects of climate change.
In short, the new strategy employs an arrogant and aggressive language, similar to its predecessor, filed in 2010, but as expected adapted to the new conditions.
This ESN 2015 repeated assertions designed to justify interventions in any conflict over the obstacles as provided in international law and the right of peoples to freedom and self-determination.
