NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY Diplomacy and Statecraft ................................................................................................................................................................ 33 Competitive Diplomacy ............................................................................................................................................................ 33 Tools of Economic Diplomacy................................................................................................................................................. 34 Information Statecraft .............................................................................................................................................................. 34 P I L L A R I V: Advance American Influence ............................................................37 Encourage Aspiring Partners ....................................................................................................................................................... 38 Achieve Better Outcomes in Multilateral Forums ......................................................................................................... 40 Champion American Values .......................................................................................................................................................... 41 The Strategy in a Regional Context ................................................................45 Indo-Pacific................................................................................................................................................................................................. 45 Europe .............................................................................................................................................................................................................47 Middle East................................................................................................................................................................................................. 48 South and Central Asia ...................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Western Hemisphere ...........................................................................................................................................................................51 Africa .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 52 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................ 55 VI