The US looks south: National security challenges loom close to home

Published January 31, 2025 5:40am ET



For most of the last century, American foreign policy has been dominated by concerns far from our shores: the Axis powers, the Soviet Union, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and, more recently, China. But the second Trump White House will have to contend with looming national security problems that are much closer to home. For the first time in decades, U.S.-Mexico relations seem likely to take a front seat — and for good reason.

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