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Russia is waging a campaign of sabotage across Europe.
This is what the heads of MI6 and the CIA have warned in their first joint comments.
Sir Richard Moore and Bill Burns said the UK and the US faced an "unprecedented range of threats" and said the entire world order was under the most serious strain since the Cold War.
In a newspaper article, the spies pointed to Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine while describing China as "the major intelligence and geopolitical challenge of the 21st century".
They touched on the secret work their agencies are doing to reduce the possibility of a wider conflict in the Middle East and revealed that MI6 and the CIA were working round the clock to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza.
In addition, Sir Richard and Mr Burns highlighted the "resurgent" threat posed by Islamic State.
"Today, we work together in a contested international system where both our countries face an unprecedented array of threats," Sir Richard and Mr Burns wrote in the Financial Times on Saturday.
The international world order is under threat
"There is no doubt that the international world order—the balanced system that has led to relative peace and stability and provided rising standards of living, opportunity, and prosperity—is under threat in a way we have not seen since the Cold War." they wrote.
Combating these dangers was at the heart of what intelligence chiefs described as their two countries' special relationship.
Trust, openness, constructive challenge, friendship. These characteristics can be relied upon in the next century, as can be relied upon in our common determination to remain champions of global peace and security," they say.
They did not list examples, but there has been a string of mysterious sabotage attacks and arson attacks on infrastructure in the UK, Germany and the Baltics.
US intelligence is also said to have foiled a suspected Russian plot to kill the chief executive of Germany's top arms maker.
As well as physical sabotage, Sir Richard and Mr Burns warned of the threat posed to Western democracies by Russian information operations.
'Staying the course is more vital than ever'
They spoke of the Kremlin's "cynical use of technology to spread lies and disinformation designed to drive a wedge between us."
Turning to Russia's war in Ukraine, the intelligence duo said: "Staying the course is more vital than ever. Putin will not succeed in extinguishing Ukraine's sovereignty and independence."
They said the conflict had demonstrated the impact of technology on the battlefield.
"Ukraine has been the first war of its kind to combine open source software with the latest battlefield technology, utilizing commercial and military satellite imagery, drone technology, high and low sophistication cyber warfare, social media , open source, unmanned aerial intelligence. and sea vehicles and information operations as well as human intelligence and signals at such an incredible pace and scale, above all, it has underscored the imperative to adapt, experiment and innovate.”/ Taken from Sky news , adapted "Pamphlet"
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