Emerging Risks

Gatestone Institute Senior Fellow Gordon Chang joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss concerns surrounding heightened tension between China and Taiwan and w...

Iranian weapons may force Ukraine's Western benefactors to allocate additional billions for counter-drone or air defense systems.

There’s no debating that we’re in tumultuous times, but who’s coming out ahead and who will be left behind? We asked geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan, cr...

Yasukazu Hamada is expected to play a key role in shepherding through some of the biggest changes in Japanese defense policy in nearly a decade.

IAEA reports to its members that three cascades of advanced IR-6 centrifuges have been brought online at underground facility

Members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war …

A number of former Israeli intelligence and army chiefs have urged Israel to prepare for possible military action against Iran as the country is close to a nuclear bomb, Israel Hayom reported on Sunda...

The war has disrupted sowing and other farm activities in major wheat producer Ukraine. Elsewhere, many farmers are using less fertilizers.

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The UN has estimated that 50 million people in 45 countries are living "each day on the edge of famine."

The debate on confrontation with China ignores a crucial conversation about atomic weapons

London-based Saudi news outlet says drones and mid-air refueling aircraft took part in exercises, managed to avoid Russian and Iranian sensors

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From the outset of Moscow’s re-invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, nuclear threats and blackmail have been integral to Russia’s overall strategy. President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of the “special military operation” was accompanied by the usual blood-curdling threats, expecting that such loaded language would deter or inhibit Western reactions to his war (Kremlin.ru, February 24). Moreover, initial Russian naval activities …

Defense minister says Israel prepared for any action against Karish offshore field, 'ready to reach a deal' with Beirut on maritime border

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Some worrying signs seem to point to China preparing for some sort of military conflict in the not to distant future.

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Hassan Nasrallah denies his Iran-backed terror group's actions in border dispute will be impacted by outcome of Iranian nuclear negotiations

A look at the power players who form the Russian leader’s inner circle, including his former hockey bros turned oligarch henchmen.

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"People's sense of the civil and civic ways of resolving disputes" is "out the window," Fiona Hill told Insider, warning of the potential for "civil conflict."

Just when you thought that 2022 already had provided a century's worth of scary infectious diseases, from Covid-19 to monkeypox to polio, last week's headlines warned of yet another. In eastern China, the Langya virus may have jumped from the white-toothed shrew to humans. It has sickened dozens of people, but has caused no reported deaths.

The mood in Lebanon was very different the last time Israel and Hezbollah fought a major conflict

A different ‘Big One’ is approaching. Climate change is hastening its arrival.

The commander of American military forces in the Pacific is pushing back against Chinese government claims that a three-nation pact to build nuclear submarines for Australia poses a danger of nuclear

While inflation and recession fears weigh heavily on the minds of voters, another issue is popping up in political campaigns from the U_K_ and Australia to the U_S_ and beyond: the “China threat.”

“Russian doctrine for defending Russian-occupied territory includes the use of tactical nuclear weapons. There’s no doubt at all that that’s an option.” There is ‘no doubt’ Putin has the option of using nuclear weapons to defend Crimea, Former British Army officer Major General Tim Cross 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

Richard Haass asks why China’s president didn't simply ignore or downplay US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan.