Your current location:HOME >travel >Domestic terrorism, political violence seen as top threat to U.S. interests in 2024: survey 正文
TIME:2024-05-21 12:56:05 Source: Internet compilationEdit:travel
(Xinhua) 11:12, January 06, 2024A woman holds a banner about former U.S. President Donald Trump's in
A woman holds a banner about former U.S. President Donald Trump's indictment in front of E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, where Trump will be arraigned, in Washington, D.C., the United States, Aug. 1, 2023. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)
Description of the scenario goes as "Growing political polarization in the United States, particularly around the 2024 presidential election, leads to acts of domestic terrorism and political violence," according to the survey.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The possibility of domestic terrorism and acts of political violence in the United States, particularly around the 2024 presidential election, was ranked as the leading concern in terms of impact on U.S. interests and likelihood of occurring or escalating in 2024, according to a newly-released yearly survey.
Description of the scenario goes as "Growing political polarization in the United States, particularly around the 2024 presidential election, leads to acts of domestic terrorism and political violence," according to the survey, which was conducted by the Center for Preventive Action under New York-based think tank the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).
For the first time in its 16-year history, the Preventive Priorities Survey found that the leading concern for foreign policy experts is not a foreign threat to U.S. interests, said a release by the CFR on Thursday.
The survey was conducted in November 2023 and was based on responses from around 550 U.S. government officials, foreign policy experts, and academics, each of whom was asked to estimate the impact of 30 ongoing or potential violent conflicts on U.S. interests and likelihood of occurring or escalating in 2024, respectively.
Three scenarios were judged to be both high-likelihood and high-impact, which is unprecedented since the survey began in 2008. Besides the election-related violence in the United States, experts are concerned about an escalation of the Israel-Hamas war into a wider regional conflict, and a surge of migration to the southwest U.S. border.
The survey was primarily created in 2008 to alert U.S. policymakers to potentially threatening sources of instability and conflict overseas so they could take timely preventive action and reduce the risk of additional military interventions, according to the CFR.
In prior years, only overseas or foreign-sourced risks to U.S. interests were evaluated in the survey. However, during the public solicitation of contingencies for the 2024 survey, the level of concern expressed about the risk of politically motivated violence in the United States, especially surrounding the upcoming presidential election, was too great to disregard, said the CFR.
Candice Swanepoel stuns in a form2024-05-21 12:53
Closing Ceremony of 31st FISU Summer World University Games Held in Chengdu2024-05-21 12:42
Calligraphy, Painting Industry Thrives in E China's County2024-05-21 12:31
Smart China Expo 2023 Opens in China's Chongqing2024-05-21 12:01
Kevin Pillar gets 1,000th career hit in Angels' win at Texas2024-05-21 11:40
Cultural Exhibition of Countries Along Belt and Road Held During 2023 CIFTIS2024-05-21 11:30
China Launches New Disaster Reduction Satellite2024-05-21 11:20
Improved Rural Living Environment Boosts Rural Revitalization in North China2024-05-21 10:54
Children are evacuated from school 'during an exam' after threat made via email2024-05-21 10:46
Xinhua Think Tank Issues Report on China2024-05-21 10:19
Verona confirms Serie A status for another year after beating Salernitana2024-05-21 12:47
Digital Audiovisual Art Fuels China's Culture, Tourism Consumption2024-05-21 12:31
Torch Relay of 19th Asian Games Continues in Jinhua2024-05-21 12:26
Local People Welcome Tourists in Taxkorgan, Xinjiang2024-05-21 12:21
Medics remove 150 MAGGOTS from a woman's mouth after dental procedure left her with rotting tissue2024-05-21 12:07
China Focus: Village Cafe in Qinling Mountains Emerges as Tourism Hotspot2024-05-21 12:01
Cultural Exhibition of Countries Along Belt and Road Held During 2023 CIFTIS2024-05-21 11:06
Closing Ceremony of 19th Asian Games Held in Hangzhou2024-05-21 11:04
Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit2024-05-21 10:40
Nighttime Economy Boosted in Xuan'en County, C China's Hubei2024-05-21 10:21