The Role of the Indo-Pacific Region in the Foreign Policy Priorities of the Second Donald Trump Administration

The article examines the role of the Indo-Pacific region within the foreign policy priorities of the second Donald Trump administration, based on the provisions of the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy. It is shown that despite the shift of the Western Hemisphere to the top of the hierarchy of geographical priorities, the Indo-Pacific region maintains its significance as the key extra-hemispheric area of American foreign policy. The study considers the political-strategic, economic, and military-political foundations of this approach. Special attention is given to the evolving interpretation of the “China challenge”, which in the new strategy is described predominantly in geoeconomic rather than ideological terms. The article reveals that U.S. policy in the region is built on a combination of economic security, containment policy, alliance strengthening, and the expansion of partnership functions, including the transformation of the latter into instruments of collective economic pressure. It is concluded that the 2025 strategy forms an internally coherent model of American policy in the Indo-Pacific region; however, its practical implementation faces restrictions associated with the inconsistency of allies, economic interdependence, and the resource limitations of the U.S. itself.