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The document, described as a nonpartisan guide for the transition team, emphasizes the importance of enhanced inter-agency cooperation, swift intelligence sharing, and calibrated economic sanctions aimed at constraining these nations’ strategic ambitions. While the memo remains classified, officials highlight its broad objectives, notably:
Containment of Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea and their efforts to forge a hostile alliance.
Managing simultaneous crises, particularly involving military and economic pressures.
Leveraging economic interdependence—notably China's global economic ties—to create vulnerabilities within this alliance.