In its annual threat assessment released on Thursday, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) said the country is facing the "most challenging national security environment of recent times."
The US on Wednesday raised alarms over the rapidly intensifying cooperation among its four major adversaries--China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea--spotlighting that Russia's war in Ukraine is a catalyst that could drag the US into a multi-front conflict.
As Xi begins his third term, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would strive to press Taiwan on unification, undercut US influence, and drive a wedge between Washington and its partners, the report said.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday (local time) released its 2023 annual threat assessment, which warned of threats against the US posed by China, Russia, North Korea and Iran.
The report prepared by US Intelligence further stated that the PRC uses coordinated, whole-of-government tools to demonstrate strength and compel neighbours to acquiesce to its preferences, including its land, sea, and air claims in the region and its assertions of sovereignty over Taiwan
According to the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is more likely than in the past to respond with military force to perceived or real Pakistani provocations. "Crises between India and Pakistan are of par