Emerging Risks

Nuclear-armed states have continued to expand and modernize their atomic arsenals amid a deterioration of the world's geopolitical situation, investing huge sums of money diverted from other development goals, an influential think tank said in a report published on June 12.

They’re acting like a pair of spoiled 12-year-olds.

Israel has reaffirmed its capability for a preemptive strike on Iran, which would likely lead to a multifront war with serious ramifications for the region.

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Senior MPs express deep concern over JC findings and revelations intensify calls for ban on Iran terror Guards

archived 9 Jun 2023 10:39:20 UTC The most important development was reported in Haaretz on Wednesday: Substantial progress has been made in the Iran-U.S. talks on a limited, interim nuclear agreement under which Tehran would stop enriching uranium to high levels in exchange for the easing of international sanctions, beginning with the release of $20 billion held in frozen Iranian bank accounts abroad. Nothing has been signed, but Israeli defense officials say that could happen within a few weeks.

Russia will be deploying nuclear weapons to Belarus days before a NATO summit in Lithuania.

(Because America might lose.)

Beijing’s drive to modernise its military weaponry compels Washington to ‘maintain deterrence’ alongside allies, says Ely Ratner, assistant secretary of defence for Indo-Pacific security.

This secret deal to create a Chinese spy base in Cuba runs counter to speculation that Russia was planning to reopen its eavesdropping facility on the island | Opinion

Security guarantees and membership path needed at Nato summit to avoid escalation, says Anders Rasmussen

As new census data shows Britain’s demographics changing at historic rates, what does a future Britain look like? Is the world over or underpopulated? And ho...

A bitterly divided and fractured America lacks the necessary common purpose, principle and the requisite national pride and strategic direction to execute a robust foreign policy.

All the signs suggest Russia has made up its mind

A new report outlines Chinese efforts to mine public information from the Pentagon, think tanks and private companies to gain insight on the American military.

Sixteen months into the war, Putin and his generals still do not have an answer to Ukraine.

It is 2028, and the United States Space Force’s early warning radar modernization is complete. Technical Sergeant Jack Nichols works at Buckley Space

If Iran escalates conflict, Israel would be forced to retaliate, leading to a potentially devastating full-scale war.

An anti-Israeli axis in the Middle East has been bolstered by months of chaotic rule from Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.

China's rapid large-scale buildup of nuclear missiles, submarines, bombers, including an orbiting nuclear strike weapon, is increasing the danger of nuclear war, according to a study.

Serb protesters are angry at ethnic Albanian mayors being installed in Serb-majority areas.

The early feminists who wanted women to be treated as equals under the law would spin in their graves if they saw where their descendants have gone.

North Korea’s missile tech advances mean we’ve already passed the point where the U.S. could easily launch preemptive strikes. Pyongyang may even have a first-strike capability.

Chinese-backed hackers gained access to several systems, including U.S. Navy infrastructure on Guam, that could impact communications.

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China’s latest cyberattack is a threat to critical U.S. infrastructure and signals it intends to disrupt civil society.

Nasrallah claimed that the situation in the Middle East has changed in the last two decades, stressing that 'any mistake could blow up the whole region' - Click the link for more details.

By examining history through complex mathematics, the ‘collapsologist’ aims to show – somewhat persuasively – that there are cyclical trends in the narratives of human hope and failure

Psychopath. The term often evokes a mental image of a ruthless criminal or a serial killer. It’s a reasonable stereotype. Between one quarter and one third of convicted murderers are psychopath

The missile's declared range makes it capable of reaching Israel, which warned Tehran this week with military action over its ramped-up nuclear enrichment and regional activities.