{{US President Barack Obama is to announce a $5bn (£3bn) “terrorism partnership fund” for other countries to tackle extremists.}}
The cash will help countries in the Middle East, Africa and East Asia.
He will announce the plan in a speech at the US Military Academy in West Point.
On Tuesday, he said the full withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in 2016 would free up resources to tackle emerging terror threats elsewhere.
Describing 2014 as a “pivotal year”, he said: “In addition to bringing our troops home, this new chapter in American foreign policy will allow us to redirect some of the resources saved by ending these wars to respond more nimbly to the changing threat of terrorism.”
Secretary of State John Kerry announced the $5bn cash plan on CBS This Morning, saying US foreign policy needs to reflect a “rapidly changing, more complex world where terrorism is the principal challenge”.
The president, when he takes to the podium at 1000 local time (1400 GMT) at West Point in New York, will try to recast US foreign policy as one which acts on a platform of international consensus.
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