US faces ‘increasingly fragile world order’ amid Russia and China threat

Intelligence agencies say competitors are challenging longstanding rules of the international system ... and US primacy'

US intelligence agencies say the country faces an increasingly fragile world order," strained by great power competition, transnational challenges and regional conflicts, in a report released as agency leaders testified in the Senate.

An ambitious but anxious China, a confrontational Russia, some regional powers, such as Iran, and more capable non-state actors are challenging longstanding rules of the international system as well as US primacy within it," the agencies say in their 2024 Annual Threat Assessment.