Chapter VIII. Develop Agendas for Cooperative Action with the Other Main Centers of Global
Power
Section A. Summary of National Security Strategy 2002
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Relations with the most powerful countries in the world are central to our national
security strategy. Our priority is pursuing American interests within cooperative
relationships, particularly with our oldest and closest friends and allies. At the same
time, we must seize the opportunity unusual in historical terms of an absence of
fundamental conflict between the great powers. Another priority, therefore, is preventing
the reemergence of the great power rivalries that divided the world in previous eras. New
times demand new approaches, flexible enough to permit effective action even when
there are reasonable differences of opinions among friends, yet strong enough to confront
the challenges the world faces.
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