The United States “will confront a complex and pivotal international security environment,' the assessment concluded. Here's more.
, in what some deemed an irresponsible provocation to Beijing, which like Moscow tends to bristle at Western involvement in what it considers its own sphere of influence.
“The Russia section has few surprises, given how much about Russia-Ukraine has been put out publicly already,” former Central Intelligence Agency officer and visiting George Mason University scholar David Priess, though he highlighted a passage predicting that Russia would “become even more reliant on nuclear, cyber, and space capabilities as it deals with the extensive damage to Russia’s ground forces.
“Russia probably does not want a direct military conflict with U.S. and NATO forces, but there is potential for that to occur,” the report says. “Russian leaders thus far have avoided taking actions that would broaden the Ukraine conflict beyond Ukraine’s borders, but the risk for escalation remains significant.”Proud Boys march in support of President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, December 12, 2020.
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