”The document signals that the White House has been “able to free itself…from the legacy of post-Cold War-era Russophobia” seeking to weaken and “strategically defeat” Russia, Ritter said."
https://sputnikglobe.com/20251205/scott-ritter-new-us-national-security-strategy-marks-death-blow-to-nato-expansion-1123240823.html
btw:
the German chancellor Merz is a Russophob of the highest caliber.