I have a grammar problem here.A detailed explanation will be

I have a grammar problem here.A detailed explanation will be highly appreciated.These challenges arose simultaneously and interrelatedly in each of the political-security,econmic,and North-South domains.In each field they offer some immediate threats that all G8 members are afflicted by,can readily recognize from earlier shocks,and can see as assaults on the common democratic values the G8 was created to protect.Above is quoted from an article in an English magazine a few years ago about the G8 Summit.Forget about what it is,it doesn't matter.The problem is in the last sentence.Can anyone explain why it is written like this