Intelligence agencies: US faces "increasingly fragile world order"

This was announced today by the US intelligence agencies, and it is stated in the report that was published after the heads of the agencies testified in the US Senate.

"An ambitious but worried China, a confrontational Russia, some regional powers, such as Iran, and more capable non-state actors are changing the long-standing rules of the international system, as well as the primacy of the United States in it," the agencies said in their annual report for 2024 entitled "U.S. Intelligence Threat Assessment Committee".

The report focused mainly on threats from China and Russia, the United States' biggest rivals, more than two years after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reports.

China is providing economic and security assistance to Russia as it wages war in Ukraine, supporting Russia's industrial base, the report said.

"Trade between China and Russia has been increasing since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, and (Chinese) exports of goods with potential military purposes have increased more than three times since 2022," the document states.

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines urged senators to approve more military aid to Ukraine.

"It's hard to imagine how Ukraine can keep the territory it regained from Russia without additional help from Washington," she said.

Haines raised concerns that the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas could spread global insecurity.