This strategy is proclaimed as “national,” but it aims to create a solid, monopolistic block called “Greater North America,” which erases the sovereignty of our peoples and disregards instruments such as the Treaty of Tlatelolco, of which Panama is a member. The National Security Strategy (NSS) attempts to prioritize the national defense of a single state above any other purpose, as if it wanted to erase several centuries of history. But the NSS does not stop there and declares its geopolitical objective of confronting the competition from China. In this way, the defense of a single power comes to the forefront over a vast region of the planet represented in the Organization of American States (OAS), which is structured under inter-American law, a branch of international law, as stated in its numerous declarations and resolutions. Thus, the NSS dilutes any notion of national independence to pave the way for automatic alignment that seeks to bury centuries of history and portrays us as mere pawns in the world chess game. As Juan Carlos Mas recalls, “the vision is called within the Department of War as ‘Greater North America’. All sovereign nations and territories located north of the equator [...] constitute our security perimeter in this great neighborhood,” while he emphasized that these countries do not belong to the Global South. • The NSS includes the United States, Canada; Central America: Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Belize; The Caribbean: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and other Caribbean nations; South America (north of Ecuador): Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname; as well as special territories like Greenland. In sum, more than 20 countries, which have given no consent whatsoever, are subsumed under the NSS. The main pillars of the NSS are the objectives of “America First” and a so-called “realism.” The National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States, proclaimed as novel in 2025 and based on the principle of “America First,” violates any notion of a universal legal order that prioritizes the principle of national sovereignty of states. What mind can conceive the bizarre idea that one country can take ownership of dozens of other states without their consent? The NSS is a denial of public international law. The new Moloch commands and we obey. The question before this outrageous mess is: in what court in the world can we appeal to restore common sense, although it is, precisely, the least common of the senses? The author is a former diplomat and analyst.
