Hacker News Reader

Strategic rivals: Russia and China

Regional rivals: North Korea and Iran

Authoritarian partners/allies: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, a bunch of other Middle Eastern countries

A bunch of countries flirting with authoritarianism: Brazil, Hungary, Poland, Israel

Seriously? This kind of stuff is exactly why countries are opposed to free trade and globalism. You listed two countries in the EU there, for example.

Yeah if Poland and Hungary are 'flirting with authoritarianism' then the US with it's current leader is too.

If that sounds dumb to you, you should rethink the statement about Poland and Hungary.

U.S. Congress

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/31/cia-admits-spy...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/10/cia-senate-i...

I don't think it's objectionable that any countries Intelligence Service tries to identify threats before it's too late.