Emerging Risks

Devastation of the opponent’s territory, of the kind now attempted by Russia in Ukraine, is not new – and, as the record shows, unfortunately it works.

Iran last month launched a large-scale overnight air strike on Israel. More than 300 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles targeted the country. North Korean technology was at least partly

Import-reliant China is seeking to reduce Western leverage over it, but some have suggested a more ominous reason behind the commodities buildup.

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Setting aside “Axis of Evil,” or its calibrated stepchild “Axis of Upheaval,” what might be a better name for the China-Russia-Iran-North Korea cluster? Consider an acronym—"CRANK,” representing

A “New Arsenal of Democracy” is needed to secure American power in the twenty-first century.

For the first time, Iranian officials are openly threatening to build a nuclear weapon—and even intimating that they already have.

Russian media personality Vladimir Solovyov promoted nuclear war on a recent episode of his show.

The images suggest significant activity is taking place at the Yongbyon nuclear complex.

North Korean weapons tests have become so common that they're often dismissed as empty threats. But with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un newly emboldened, an...

Vladimir Putin announced the exercises earlier this month ‘as a warning to the west not to escalate tensions further’

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted deep fears of the conflict spilling over elsewhere in Europe and sparking wider war on the continent.

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Israel is on the brink of having to fight Iranian-backed terrorists on a second front, in Lebanon. In the last six months, more than 100,000 civilians on both sides of the border have been displaced f

Fears about nuclear war, climate change, disease and AI are changing discussions

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Even if the United States has fallen into decline in absolute economic and military terms, China may have crested early and plunged into yet steeper decline. In that case, the margin between the

In history, as in romance, beginnings matter – so what we do now will be crucial in shaping the future, says historian Timothy Garton Ash

The Iranian regime's open and explicit discussion of the issue seems to herald a change in its nuclear policy.

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Secretary of state expected to demand Beijing cease support for Russia’s war in Ukraine

A former leader of the CIA says Vladimir Putin's confidence is growing - and that means fears are growing in Europe about what may come next.

Chinese war drums beat on as pundits hotly debate if or when Beijing will try to seize Taiwan by force. There is no apparent countdown to D-day for

Doomsday pendulum swings back towards Middle East after Iran crosses red line in bombarding Israeli territory