National intelligence startegy

U.S. intelligence agencies see isolationism, weakening Western order as threats

A national intelligence strategy released Tuesday warns that growing isolationism and efforts to weaken Western alliances pose long-term threats to U.S. security and are exacerbating challenges for American intelligence agencies.

The 36-page analysis marks the latest sign of discord between the nation's spy services and President Trump. The intelligence community has repeatedly clashed with Trump in the past over the president’s pronouncements when they’ve conflicted with the agencies’ conclusions.

The National Intelligence Strategy, which is intended to guide officials for the next four years, does not name Trump or directly criticize his “America first” policies or priorities.

But it warns that U.S. adversaries are seeking to take advantage of “the weakening of the post-WWII international order and dominance of Western democratic ideals, increasingly isolationist tendencies in the West, and shifts in the global economy.”