Emerging Risks

Israel could be at war with Iran by this summer if Tehran does not abandon its race for nuclear weapons.

A U.S. general reportedly warned UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace that the British Army must revamp its military as it is no longer considered among the world's top-tier forces.

COVID exacerbated the imbalances in China’s economy. But the Chinese Communist Party hasn’t found the political will to correct them.

“I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025," said Gen. Mike Minihan in a memo sent to the officers he commands and obtained by NBC News.

FBI says a North Korea-linked threat group known as Lazarus and APT38 is behind the $100 million Horizon bridge cryptocurrency heist.

Putin's recent shift in strategy in Ukraine is likely to have a lasting impact on Europe and the way the war is fought. The conflict threatens to become a lasting, one not just with Ukraine but with the Europe as a whole.

State TV host Margarita Simonyan said in the future Russia may have to produce a more threatening ultimatum that could include nuclear weapons.

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The true extent of commercial spying is unknown but experts say it is "pervasive".

pFormer US Army vice chief of staff General Jack Keane says China is the “major threat” to the United States and Indo-Pacific. He said the United States is “outgunned” and “outmanned” by the Chinese military. “China wants to dominate and control the region and they are well on the way to doing that, and they also want to replace the United States as the world’s global leader,” he told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “But they want to dominate economically, technologically geo-politically and militarily.” /p

Food and energy shortages, financial crisis just some of the threats to the country’s national security, social stability, former top official says.

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With confidence in the U.S. nuclear umbrella shaken, Seoul is increasingly eyeing a direct counter to the North’s nuclear weapons program.

World Economic Forum delegates fear that a long period of peace and economic integration could be coming to a close

Ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned NATO allies Thursday that a defeat for Russia in Ukraine could mean nuclear war.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, through his close personal friend Viktor Medvedchuk, is threatening Europe with nuclear war, according to an article published by the Russian propaganda newspaper Izvestia on Jan. 16 under the name of the former Ukrainian MP.

The Kremlin on Thursday warned of escalation in Ukraine if the West gives the pro-Western country more weapons capable of striking Russia.  "Potentially, this is extremely dangerous, it will mean bringing the conflict to a whole new level, which, of course, will not bode well from the point of view of global and pan-European security," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

China's long demographic slide has begun. By the end of this century, the population of China will be about a third of what it is today.

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The danger to Taiwan from China is “something we need to take very seriously” as the island is taking steps to mobilize its entire society to deter a mainland takeover, the commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence said last week. The Taiwanese are asking themselves “what can we do to make China think twice” …

It's only a few hundred miles long, but when a natural disaster strikes near the Malacca Strait, the consequences could be global, writes Tom Ough.

Attacks on critical infrastructure from France to Denmark bear the hallmark of Russian operatives, experts say.

It's an arms race bigger than anything Asia has ever seen -- three major nuclear powers and one fast-developing one, the world's three biggest economies and decades-old alliances all vying for an edge in some of the world's most contested land and sea areas.

Mr Kohavi also denounced the new government’s efforts to change the military command structure

“Three decades of becoming, I’m afraid, too risk averse to stand up to checking the challenges to our international rules-based order.” The West’s ‘rules-based international order’ has become “timid” and “hesitant”, chair of the defence select committee Tobias Ellwood tells #TimesRadio. --- Times Radio brings you the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion on the biggest stories of the day. 📻 Listen now - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio Follow Times Radio on social: 🔵 Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thetimesradio/ 🔵 Twitter https://twitter.com/TimesRadio 🔵 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/timesradio/ Subscribe here: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjDhFuGXlhx9Us0gq0VK2w?sub_confirmation=1

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Some experts have speculated that Kim Ju-ae’s elevated public profile might be tied to family succession planning — but her appearances are more likely part of a highly choreographed propaganda nar…

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