Emerging Risks

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Iran warns of a "resolute response" after three drones targeted a site deep inside the country.

In today’s newsletter: Attacks on Palestinians and Israelis have risen in recent months, and heightened political tensions – will the crisis escalate yet further?

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The United States on Tuesday accused Russia of violating a major nuclear arms control agreement by not allowing on-site inspections and refusing to meet to discuss such concerns.  “Russia…

While the target’s purpose is unclear, the city of Isfahan is a major center of Iranian missile production, research and development.

Israel and the US reportedly carried out strikes in Iran overnight on Saturday, while Israeli aircraft also reportedly attacked a weapons convoy that was cro...

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.

The US and China are fighting a war. It's a weird one that's hard to see. Visit https://bit.ly/Scaler_JohnnyHarris to take the free live class.The US and Chi...

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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Soccer Moms are giving way to Single Woke Females – the new “SWFs” – as one of the most potent voting blocs in American politics.   Above and top: Taylor Swift, icon

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.