Is the West too weak? While a cyber attack makes it through Britain’s sturdiest defences, Nato is coming undone in Europe. Some say this is the birth of a new global order.
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Xi Jinping: China’s president, in Europe this week, is "probing for cracks in Nato" says one expert. Glossary
Rhysida - A criminal group behind high profile cyber attacks.
Cyber attacks - Attacks by hackers (in this case under the direction of the Chinese state) targeting important computer systems such as those of government agencies.
NHS - The National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948.
Ministry of Defence - In the UK, the government department in charge of defence. It serves as the British Army HQ.
Xi Jinping - The president of China, who has concentrated power and removed term limits allowing him to serve for life.
Nato - The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was founded in 1949 to unite Western democracies in Europe and North America against the perceived growing threat of the USSR. It now has 31 members.
Kosovo War - An armed conflict between Yugoslavian forces and a Kosovan Albanian separatist militia over the control of Kosovo that ran from February 1998 to June 1999.
Subsidised - When a government or other authority has paid part of the cost of something, so it is cheaper than it otherwise would be.