In this week's Trend Lines podcast, WPR's editor-in-chief, Judah Grunstein, managing editor, Frederick Deknatel, and associate editor, Omar H. Rahman, discuss the Trump administration's new National Defense Strategy, which declares that "inter-state competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern of U.S. national security." For the Report, Peter Gill talks with Peter Dörrie about Nepal's Muslim minority, which remains marginalized despite the country's recent progress in promoting religious pluralism.

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Relevant Articles on WPR:

• As Nepal Strives to Become More Inclusive, Are Muslims Being Left Behind?
• Is the New National Defense Strategy the Right Way to Deal With China's Rise?
• Searching for Strategy in Washington's Competition with Russia
• Summary of the National Defense Strategy of the United States of America
• Trump Found the Sweet Spot Where 'America First' and the Davos World Meet
• Egypt's Allies Shrug as Sissi Ensures a Sham Presidential Election

Trend Lines is produced and edited by Peter Dörrie, a freelance journalist and analyst focusing on security and resource politics in Africa. You can follow him on Twitter at @peterdoerrie.

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