US intelligence warns of mounting challenges to current world order
Al JazeeraSpy chiefs say threats from China and Russia threaten US primacy, war on Gaza could spread insecurity. The report, outlining the collective insights of the US intelligence community, says the country “faces an increasingly fragile global order, strained by great power competition, transnational challenges and regional conflicts”. “An ambitious but anxious China, a confrontational Russia, some regional powers, such as Iran, and more capable non-state actors are challenging longstanding rules of the international system as well as US primacy within it,” the report reads. Chinese war support China is providing economic and security assistance to Russia as it wages war in Ukraine, supporting Russia’s industrial base, the report said. FBI Director Christopher Wray expressed concern about the “terrorism implications from potential targeting of vulnerabilities at the border”, noting rising threats from US nationals inspired by armed groups and other foreign fighters since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7.
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