Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines appears at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington, D. C. , on Wednesday. (Al Drago/Bloomberg Getty Images)
“These two demanding strategic situations will intersect and interact in unpredictable ways, resulting in mutually reinforcing effects that may challenge our ability to respond, but also present new opportunities to forge collective action with allies and partners, adding non-state actors. “the report said.
As for China, the U. S. intelligence network is not yet in the process of China. The US said the Chinese Communist Party would continue its efforts to make China the “predominant force in East Asia and a leading force on the global stage. “
The officials said Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his third term, will try to pressure Taiwan for unification and seek to “undermine American influence” by creating “rifts between Washington and its partners. “
“At the same time, Chinese leaders will most likely seek opportunities for tensions with Washington when they feel it serves their interests,” the report said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Biden tremble as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ summit in Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 14, 2022. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
The intelligence network warned that Beijing is “increasingly” combining its developing military strength with its economic, technological and diplomatic clout to “strengthen the CCP regime, protect what it considers its sovereign territory and regional preeminence, and pursue its global influence. “
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As for Taiwan, the intelligence network warned that the People’s Republic of China is a “coordinated tool of the entire government” in its attempt to assert sovereignty over Taiwan. the Taiwan Strait centerline or missile overflights from Taiwan.
The officials also warned that if China manages to seize Taiwan, it will have “far-reaching effects, adding disruption to global semiconductor chip supply chains, as Taiwan dominates the production of complex chips. “
As for the Chinese military, the intelligence network said Beijing is “accelerating” the progression of key functions that it believes the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) wants to “confront the United States in a sustained large-scale confrontation. “The PLA’s efforts are designed to “deter U. S. intervention in a long-term cross-strait crisis,” officials said.
The officials also warned that Beijing is strengthening its national defense production functions for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and complex traditional weapons. The intelligence network also warned that China is building many new ICBM silos.
Members of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force shouted as they marched in formation in a parade marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
“Beijing is involved in bilateral tensions, U. S. nuclear modernization and the U. S. nuclear modernization. The U. S. and the complex traditional functions of the PLA have a higher chance of a U. S. first strike. “The U. S. government,” the report said.
Meanwhile, the intelligence network said China would be the “main threat” to U. S. technological competitiveness.
“China is at the center of global supply chains in a diversity of generation sectors, adding semiconductors, critical minerals, batteries, solar panels and pharmaceuticals,” the report said. “China’s dominance in those markets may pose a significant threat to the U. S. “The U. S. and Western production and customer sectors would take advantage of its dominance for political or economic gain. “
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With regard to China’s malign influence operations, the U. S. intelligence network has been in the process of China. The U. S. Department of Defense explained that the CCP uses a “sophisticated array of covert, overt, licit, and illicit operations to try to assuage U. S. criticism. “Degrees of government. “
And when it comes to cyber and technology, the U. S. intelligence network is not yet in the world. The U. S. believes China poses “the broadest, most active, and most persistent cyberespionage risk to the U. S. government. “”U. S. and sector networks. “
Chinese President Xi Jinping is one of many state officials claiming that COVID-19 numbers in China have peaked. (Saudi Press Agency/REUTERS Brochure)
“China’s cyber activities and the export of similar technologies through its industry are increasing the risks of competitive cyber operations opposed to the U. S. homeland. In the U. S. , the suppression of data loss in cyberspace, such as U. S. Internet content, is not done in the U. S. This is a risk to the CCP. Power control and the global expansion of technology-driven authoritarianism,” the report states.
The officials warn that China is “capable of launching cyberattacks that can disrupt critical infrastructure in the United States, which opposes oil and pipeline and rail systems. “
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“China is the world leader in enforcing surveillance and censorship to monitor its population and suppress dissent,” the report said. Beijing conducts cyber intrusions that target U. S. and non-U. S. citizens beyond its borders, adding journalists, dissidents and Americans it sees. as threats, to counter perspectives it considers critical of the CCP’s narratives, policies, and actions. “
The officials also warned that China is expanding and improving its synthetic intelligence and high-knowledge analysis capabilities, which may make it larger than domestic use.
Returning to Russia, the U. S. intelligence networkHe warned that Moscow will remain a “formidable and less predictable challenge for the United States in key spaces over the next decade, but will still face a diversity of constraints. “
“Russia probably won’t need a direct clash of the army with U. S. and NATO forces, but there is a chance it could happen,” the intelligence network said. “So far, Russian leaders have avoided taking steps that would make Ukraine bigger than the Ukraine beyond Ukraine’s borders, yet the threat of an escalation remains significant. “
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual State of the Nation address in Moscow on February 21, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo AP)
Russian officials will continue to use military, security, malignant, cyber and intelligence equipment to “undermine the interests of the United States and its allies. “
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As for the appointments between China and Russia, the intelligence network believes that the two states “will maintain their strategic ties through their common belief in the threat from the United States. “
The officials warn that China-Russia relations create “potential threats in spaces such as security collaboration, especially arms sales and joint exercises, and diplomacy, where the country has used its veto force in the UN Security Council in opposition to US interests. “
The intelligence network said Russia maintains “the largest and most capable arsenal of nuclear weapons, and continues to expand and modernize its nuclear weapons capabilities. “
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The safety of Russian nuclear curtains also remains a concern, despite innovations in curtain protection and accounting at Russian nuclear sites since the 1990s,” the report says.
And while China poses one of the biggest threats to U. S. national security, China poses one of the biggest threats to U. S. national security, China poses one of the biggest threats to U. S. national security. In the U. S. , the officials said Russia also poses “one of the most serious foreign influence threats to the United States,” due to its intelligence and influence team seeking to sow discord in the U. S. The U. S. economy influences the American electorate and decision-making.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China, on February 4, 2022. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo AP, File)
The officials said Iran would continue to threaten other Americans directly and with attacks from third parties, i. e. , in the Middle East, and remained committed to creating “surrogate networks within the United States, a goal it has pursued for more than a decade. “
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Gen. Ahmad Reza Radan on Jan. 7, 2023. (Office of Iran’s Supreme Leader AP)
The officials say Iran “is not lately undertaking the major nuclear weapons development activities that would be producing a testable nuclear device,” but warned that Tehran has “accelerated the expansion of its nuclear program. “
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“If Tehran does not get sanctions relief, Iranian officials will most likely enrich uranium by up to 90 percent,” the report says.
Iran poses a “major threat” to U. S. networks and data. The U. S. government, because of its roles and willingness to conduct “aggressive cyber operations. “
The U. S. intelligence network The U. S. said North Korea is continuing its efforts to bolster its nuclear capabilities, targeting the U. S. The U. S. and its allies.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an assembly of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s political bureau in Pyongyang on April 11, 2020. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service AP, File)
The officials warned that North Korea’s military “will pose a serious risk to the United States and its allies by continuing to invest in niche capabilities” designed to provide Kim Jong Un with a “range of features to deter outside intervention, compensate for persistent shortcomings in the country. conventional forces and promote their political objectives through coercion. “
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Kim Jong Un remains “firmly committed” to expanding North Korea’s nuclear weapons arsenal and maintaining nuclear weapons as the “centerpiece of its national security structure,” according to the report.
The officials also warned that North Korea’s chemical or biological weapons “remain a threat. “The report says the intelligence network is “concerned” that North Korea “may use such weapons in a confrontation or in an unconventional or covert attack. “
The U. S. intelligence network The U. S. has said climate replacement is a threat, saying it will “increasingly exacerbate dangers to U. S. national security interests. “”U. S. ” as “physical effects and geopolitical tensions build up on the global reaction to the challenge. “
“As more excessive temperatures and climate effects manifest themselves, there is a growing threat of conflict over resources related to water, arable land and the Arctic,” the report said, adding that tensions are also expanding between countries over climate finance.
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The report says geopolitical tensions between countries over how to increase discounts on greenhouse fuel emissions are “likely to grow” and that countries will compete for resources and master the new technologies needed for a “global transition to low-carbon energy. “”
Infectious diseases were also included in the assessment after the global COVID-19 pandemic.
The intelligence network said COVID “remains one of the greatest threats to global public health, costing more than 6. 5 million lives lost and billions of dollars in economic output lost to date. “
This aerial view shows the campus of the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, central Hubei province, China, on May 27, 2020. (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP Getty Images)
“Countries around the world remain vulnerable to the emergence or arrival of a new pathogen that can cause a devastating pandemic,” the report said.
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As for the origins of COVID-19, the report says intelligence is “still investigating” how COVID first inflamed humans.
“All agencies assess that two hypotheses are credible explanations for the origin of COVID-19: exposure to herbs to an inflamed animal and a laboratory-associated incident,” the report says. “Beijing continues to obstruct global investigation, data sharing and blame. other countries, adding the United States. “
U. S. citizens and U. S. interests “at home and abroad” will face a “persistent and varied threat” from terrorism over the next year, according to the report.
“Individuals and cells adhering to ideologies espoused through ISIS, al-Qaeda, or the transnational movement of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists (RMVE) pose a significant terrorist risk to the American people, facilities, and interests,” the report said. Lebanon’s Iran and Hezbollah “remain committed to terrorist attacks and will possibly attempt to do so on U. S. soil. “
Taliban fighters guard an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
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As for ISIS, the IC said the organization seeks to “rebuild its functions and fill its ranks,” and said its ideology “will continue to motivate attacks,” it added in the United States.
Regarding al-Qaeda, the CI estimated that the risk posed by the terrorist organization in Afghanistan “will fall on the Taliban. “
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