Bangladesh, Dec. 8 -- If one were to distill Donald Trumps National Security Strategy- November 2025 worldview into a single sentence, it would likely read: win the economic future, avert a military catastrophe. It sounds almost modest. Yet behind this slogan lies a sweeping redesign of how Washington understands China, how it will marshal its alliances, and how it hopes to shape the political landscape of Asia for decades. Trump presidency, armed with the National Security Strategy, November, 2025, would not simply adjust Americas Asia policy—it would rewrite its operating code. And that rewrite has profound implications not just for the U.S.–China rivalry but for South Asias fragile balance of power.

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