Bangladesh, Jan. 29 -- Back in November, the United States released its latest National Security Strategy (NSS). For decades, this document was largely a routine reiteration of the previous strategy, with little to no substantive additions or adjustments. Ever since the end of the (First) Cold War, Washington DC effectively considered the planet “its backyard”, mainly focusing on the enforcement of the infamous Wolfowitz Doctrine (in essence, a supercharged variant of the old Monroe Doctrine). This stipulated the suppression of any and all countries that were remotely capable (or willing) to defend their sovereignty from brutal Western imperialism and aggression.

However, after decades of spreading “freedom and democrac...