Some issues in the document, which is issued every four years, had become politically inconvenient, former officials said.
Every four years U.S. intelligence officials have published Global Trends, a public document that predicts what challenges the United States — and the world — will face in the coming decades.
With the intelligence community often focused on immediate issues, the Global Trends report has taken a longer-term look. Past editions warned of threats and shifts that came to pass, including climate change challenges, new immigration patterns and the risk of a pandemic.
But the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, led by Tulsi Gabbard, is eliminating the group that compiles the report.
