More importantly it sets out clearly a new model US foreign policy model which offers benefits only to those nations that are deemed politically willing to accept its embrace.
Mr Bolton also said that the US will revaluate its support for UN peacekeeping missions; ensure that all aid monies spent advance US interests; will insist that recipients invest in health and education, have accountable government and fiscal policy, end corruption, and promote the rule of law. He also noted that the US will revisit the ideas behind the Marshall Plan – the programme that supported the post second world war recovery in Europe - and end support for countries that repeatedly vote against the US or take actions counter to US interests.