Title page
Contents
INTRODUCTION 2
FOREWORD 4
CHINA 6
RUSSIA 12
IRAN 17
NORTH KOREA 20
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION 22
HEALTH SECURITY 24
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC 24
OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE ORIGINS OF COVID-19 25
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS 25
ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS 25
ADDITIONAL TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES 26
PREFACE 26
DEVELOPMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY 26
TRENDS IN DIGITAL AUTHORITARIANISM AND MALIGN INFLUENCE 27
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION 28
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR 28
MIGRATION 29
TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME 30
GLOBAL TERRORISM 31
CONFLICTS AND FRAGILITY 34
PREFACE 34
POTENTIAL INTERSTATE CONFLICT 34
INTERNAL STRIFE 35
GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES 37