In my opinion, we have got a global security crisis. It manifests itself in many ways, but on three different levels, the rise of traditional rivals like China and Russia, the rise of ISIS with their land-based caliphate, and then I think the proliferation of potentially dangerous rogue nations and nuclear proliferation like North Korea and Iran.
Describes a global security crisis involving various threats, including rival nations and terrorism.
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