The White House is in the final stages of updating its National Security Strategy document, marking the first formal reassessment of its foreign policy posture since its landmark 2002 document that set the stage for pre-emptive strikes against terrorist threats.

Administration sources said the updated version was expected to be published next month. It is being drafted by National Security Council officials, led by Peter Feaver, a former Duke University academic, but has not yet been presented to President George W. Bush for approval.