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Hello and welcome to Newsout from the BBC World Service.

We're coming to you live from London. I'm James Kamara Sami.

And we're going to start today with the new US National Security Strategy that was published overnight.

A 33-page document largely confirms some of the

big changes to US foreign policy under the Trump administration that we know about. But since it

shapes the global news agenda on a daily basis, we thought it was important to devote a bit of time

to it today. Well, as for that daily impact on the program, we'll be hearing about the consequences

of the US focusing on security in its backyard. What some say is an updated version of the

19th century Monroe Doctrine, which said that the US would protect its sphere of influence

in the Americas and about the consequences of Europe being urged to take primary responsibility for its own defence.

In the last couple of hours, Germany's become the latest European country to back,

reintroducing a form of conscription.

We'll hear later how that vote in the German Parliament is going down with some of those young people who might be affected by it.

Let's start, though, with the strategy itself.

And we can speak to someone who's in a good position to help us understand the Trump administration's thinking.

That's because this strategy is predicated very much on the idea of America First. Robert Wilkie,

co-chair of the American Security at the America First Policy Institute. He was Veterans Affairs

Secretary in the first Trump administration.

He's also served in the White House under previous Republican President George W. Bush.

Welcome to the program.

Thank you for having me. Appreciate it. Good to have you. What would you say the main points in this

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