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Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Wednesday briefed members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the worldwide threat assessment of the US
China is increasingly becoming a near-peer competitor of the US, posing challenges in multiple domains, while pushing to revise global norms in ways that favour the authoritarian Chinese system, a top American intelligence officer has told lawmakers.
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Wednesday briefed members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the worldwide threat assessment of the US. China increasingly is a near-peer competitor, challenging the United States in multiple areas while pushing to revise global norms in ways that favour the authoritarian Chinese system, Haines said.
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The economic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic and localised conflicts will continue in the Middle East in 2021 and could force some countries to the brink of collapse, according to a US intelligence report.
The Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, a comprehensive report detailing worldwide threats to the national security of the United States , said the region would continue to face popular discontent and socioeconomic grievances as a result of the economic impact of the pandemic, and leaders will struggle with political and economic reform.
The pandemic has had an acute impact on the economy of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), with the World Bank saying this month that the region was estimated to face a loss of $227bn by the end of the year due to the pandemic, with public debt levels expected to rise at the fastest rate this century.
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., has urged the Biden administration to release a declassified intelligence assessment looking into whether Russia offered bounties for killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying the public needed to know the truth of the claims.