Global threats pile up

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? Global threats pile up

Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios

Lost in the U.S. election drama: The next commander-in-chief will inherit new, alarming and worsening global threats. North Korean troops arrived near the Russia-Ukraine border, a major Chinese hack rattled U.S. intelligence agencies, Israel expanded its war in Lebanon and Canada accused India's second-most powerful man of ordering an assassination. Why it matters: Major wars are raging on multiple continents, with adversaries moving closer together and key allies seemingly going rogue. National security officials and experts from both parties are worried about the tightening of the anti-U.S. "axis" involving China, Iran, North Korea and Russia. ? Zoom in: President Biden's most immediate foreign-policy goal in recent weeks has been reining in an ally rather than contending with adversaries. The Biden administration is warning that new laws Israel passed this week to limit coordination with the UN will exacerbate Gaza's already horrific humanitarian crisis. Israel expanded the scope of its operations in Lebanon this week. The U.S. is hoping to land ceasefires in both conflicts. But the wars are highly likely to continue well beyond the election. Then there's the frightening fact that Chinese "Salt Typhoon" hackers reportedly used their access to U.S. telecom networks to target former President Trump, Sen. JD Vance and associates of Vice President Harris — an operation that has raised major alarm bells for U.S. intelligence. "It is much more serious and much worse than even what you all presume at this point," a top congressional Democrat told reporters yesterday. "It is one of the most serious breaches in my time on the Intelligence Committee."