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THE NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT TO THE UK
I think the challenge of the rise of China absolutely raises huge questions for the future of the Western alliance … none of us can give a confident long-term answer to exactly how the balance of power plays out globally across the next few decades but it is clear for all of us that this is, I think, the central intelligence challenge for us across the next decade.
—Director General MI5, December 2020
