Emerging Risks

Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of the Russian Security Council, was in Kaliningrad on June 20, where he declared that Moscow was preparing a serious response to what he called Lithuania’s (already three-day-long) “transportation blockade” of that Russian exclave (Ren.tv, June 21). Hours earlier, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called in the head of the Lithuanian embassy in Moscow to …

It seems increasingly likely that Israel will strike Iran to prevent the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons.

A New York Times analysis of over 100,000 government bidding documents found that China’s ambition to collect digital and biological data from its citizens i...

Exclusive: Questions over palaces, vineyards and yachts run by entities that appear to be part of a cooperative

While there is growing speculation that federal agents and Capitol Police were involved in instigating acts of violence ...

​So far, Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine has been limited, and not only in name.

Tiny as it is, a kernel of seed is no different than a mini biological computer. In it ...

If we have so far avoided calling it war, maybe that’s only because we’ve become so uncertain of the meaning of the word.

As Vladimir Putin declares the end of the “unipolar world” over three months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, cracks begin to widen in the West’s maximum-pressure campaign against Moscow.

The number of subjects on terror watchlists apprehended while trying to cross the southern US border illegally has surged in recent months, new data from Customs and Border Protection shows.

The president appeared on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ and didn’t mention Russia’s war against Ukraine in a 23-minute interview.

Russia’s war is becoming a larger struggle of good against evil, and Europe must do more or evil may triumph.

Should the U.S. humiliate Russia – and Russian President Vladimir Putin specifically – over the Russo-Ukrainian War? It could lead to escalation and new wars, but the U.S. and NATO may nee

Russia’s war is becoming a larger struggle of good against evil, and Europe must do more or evil may triumph.

Britain’s new top army general says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the outlook for Britain’s military, which must be capable of fighting alongside allies and ready to defeat Russia on the battlefield.

In a move of staggering stupidity and hubris, Lithuanian banned the transit of Russian goods to Kaliningrad effective today, June 18, 2022.  Kaliningrad, which is wedged between Poland on the west and Lithuania on the east, is home to almost a half-million Russians and the headquarters for the Russian Navy’s Baltic Sea force. Lithuania claims…

Social, economic and security challenges aplenty have marked what is becoming a tumultuous 2022. The most significant of all the problem sets may be the emergence of a new norm in nuclear doctrine &nd

Kremlin leader hints that neighbouring countries could meet Ukraine’s fate if they turn on him over the invasion

The remarks by the former generals come in the wake of China and Russia vetoing further sanctions against North Korea last month for the first time since 2006.

The sheer size and reach of the Chinese Navy enables it to travel much farther than it previously could.

Israeli security officials are concerned that Iranian cells with local Turkish operatives would carry out an immediate attack.

A prominent Iranian analyst, often referred to as an expert on US affairs, says political threats against Tehran are changing and taking a military form.

New Analysis Many defense chiefs at the annual Asia Security Summit put the spotlight on China’s repeated signaling ...

At a recent conference, China was defiant and confrontational about Taiwan and the Biden administration continued to be ambiguous.

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The alleged threat follows after Israel allegedly bombed Damascus International Airport, targeting Iranian shipments.

Taiwan was alarmed by the remarks of Gen. Wei Fenghe over the weekend after China's defense minister said his country would "fight to the very end."

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"The media should be professional enough not to ask such questions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti.

Israel and Iran are rapidly approaching an inflection point over Tehran’s nuclear program, and what was the atomic equivalent of a controlled clash between the two countries is now devolving into a…