477. How Trump’s Security Strategy Destroys The Old World Order

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  • 10 December 2025

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Has Trump's 2025 National Security Strategy officially upended 80 years of American foreign policy? Why does it warn of Europe's "civilisational erasure" while downplaying threats from its traditional adversaries?And is it finally time for the UK and Europe to chart their own course? 


Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more.


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