Theresa May in livestream joint press conference with Donald Trump. Karl-Ludwig Poggemann/Flickr. Some rights reserved.
In the second term of Obama’s presidency, we witnessed significant changes in the plan to implement the National Security Strategy (NSS). In order to implement the approach laid out the document, Britain and the US had agreed to increase the military and security role of England in the Gulf and east of the Suez Canal, and accordingly the US had the opportunity to consolidate its influence in Southeast Asia as well. In the debates of the United States Congress, the Pentagon, the Foreign Ministry and the CIA, officials implicitly pointed out that the Middle East project was to be handed over to the CIA and the Pentagon was to become responsible for focusing on Southeast Asia.
Britain in recent years has sought to step out of the shadows and play a more direct role in the Middle East.
