Bangladesh, Dec. 10 -- The American government periodically drafts and issues a document called the National Security Strategy (NSS) that outlines its security concerns and maps out “the best course of action” for the incumbent administration to address the said issues. Apart from the usual identification of major (Russia, China) and regional adversaries (North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, etc), the paper also deals with other key matters, such as the US strategic posturing and the relationship between the worlds most aggressive country and its numerous vassals and satellite states. The latter has been quite hectic, with various administrations seeing these “limited sovereignty” countries as either assets or burden.

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