Emerging Risks

China's entire economy is about to collapse. But the thing is, this banking crash and financial crisis going on in China right now is hardly being talked about at all. And the story is just plain weird, in so many ways. What’s happening right now in China is crazy. Banks have defrauded customers of billions, lied about the products they were investing people’s money in, and even allegedly collaborated with government agencies in China to change people’s health pass status so they could force them to stay at home, and not protest.

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The Chinese standpoint is clear: The status quo that gave cross-Strait relations a semblance of stability has been ruptured.

Experts say China has multiple options for military or coercive action in the coming years. Neither the US or Taiwan can prepare for all of them.

The world must awaken to the reality that Russian nuclear blackmail and terrorism is already here.

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Chinese state media videos and a map of live-fire exercises around Taiwan have displayed Beijing’s strategy to impose an aerial and maritime blockade on the ...

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China's urging "flexibility" on North Korea appears to coincide with the Chinese Communist Party's ambitions in the region. "According to unclassified intelligence reports to Congress, there are five key Chinese banks and a specially created holding

Fumio Kishida welcomes Nancy Pelosi in Tokyo and urges Beijing to halt planned four days of military exercises sparked by US House speaker’s visit

Russia could target Moldova by embarking on a limited-scope but overt military invasion – or by pursuing more covert hybrid aggression scenarios. Moldova and the EU need to embrace “active resilience” to address this.

Beijing’s centralized planning has created a massive bubble of obligations.

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Minxin Pei explains China's intentions toward the island following Nancy Pelosi's arrival in Taipei.

U.S. presidents missed opportunities that shaped Putin's increasingly hostile worldview and led him to invade Ukraine War

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Some of Beijing's planned military exercises will take place within Taiwan's 12 nautical mile sea and air territory, according to the defence ministry.

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Over the weekend, Hezbollah threatened Israel’s gas extraction infrastructure in the disputed Karish maritime border.

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Joint drill with US Navy 5th fleet focusing on 'mission planning, maritime interdiction'; Gantz last month said Tehran's presence was the 'most significant' in a decade

A social media channel affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the hardline regime is "one step away" from constructing a nuclear weapon that can "turn New York into ruins and hell."

Since Russia waged war on Ukraine, many have tried to draw a direct parallel to China and Taiwan, with some senior Taiwanese officials even arguing that in light of recent events, China will delay their invasion of Taiwan. This, argues Nigel Inkster - former director of operations for MI6 - is false. China will have drawn one lesson from this conflict. If they conclude that peaceful reunification is no longer an option with Taiwan, a military strike from China will be ‘massive and overwhelming’.

The tide of the Ukraine war has subtly shifted as the Russian offensive has exhausted itself and the Ukrainian pushback has started to gain momentum. In retrospect, the pitched battle for Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk in late June and early July 2022 could perhaps be recognized as the high-water mark for Russia’s violent intervention aimed at exterminating Ukraine as an independent …

"The myth of Putin as the world's energies tsar is running out of gas."Putin can't pivot east to sell oil and gas and is eating into his reserves to finance ...