Growing Threats Challenge U.S. and Allies
Thu, 04/15/2021 - 08:00
A new unclassified global threat assessment from the U.S. intelligence community has the same old rivals: China, Russia, Iran and North Korea.
Dated April 9 and publicly released April 13 as intelligence chiefs testified before Congress, the report finds the world remains full of threats facing the U.S. and its allies during a period of “global disruption†brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, there is a continued growth of problems caused by rapidly evolving arms technology that makes deadly weapons available to any group with a cause, and climate and ecological changes that are disrupting and destabilizing parts of the world population.
The four big threats from China, Russia, Iran and North Korea remain serious, the report says. The nations have each “demonstrated the capability and intent to advance their interests at the expense of the United States and its allies, despite the pandemic,†it says.
https://www.ausa.org/news/growing-threats-challenge-us-and-allies
