In the past 2 years, the global security environment remains in the form of “one hyperpower and many superpowers.” The US-led global security efforts are facing new challenges in the form of growing violent and extremist terrorist organizations, increasing instability in Eastern Europe, and reversion of US-Russia relations. Major security challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region include territorial water and island disputes in the East China Sea and South China Sea, and North Korea's development of nuclear weapons. PRC's continuing military modernization, its One Belt, One Road diplomatic and economic strategy, and increasing presence in the East China Sea and South China Sea remain major factors influencing regional security and stability and threatening the survival and development of the ROC.
