Moscow, Dec. 8 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to media questions regarding the new US National Security Strategy released by the administration of US President Donald Trump, calling it a significant shift in Washington's foreign-policy doctrine.

Zakharova noted that the document marks a noticeable reassessment of long-standing US assumptions. She pointed to language indicating a move away from Washington's earlier pursuit of global dominance.

According to her, the Strategy states that "American elites badly miscalculated" by making "hugely misguided and destructive bets on globalism."

She said this ideological shift also appears tied to a change in the US approach to NATO. The Strategy calls for endin...