Emerging Risks

The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency described the sharing of information and intelligence between the United States and the Ukrainians as “revolutionary in terms of what we can do” at a Thursday congressional hearing. Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier told the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence that he could go into greater detail …

The US wants to cut dependence on Russian oil and gas, but this will be difficult for Switzerland and Europe, a top gas expert tells SWI swissinfo.ch.

“We’ve been wearing rose-colored glasses instead of correcting our vision,” one scientist said.

Thousands of Russians saw their comfortable, middle-class lives fade overnight with the invasion ordered by President Vladimir V. Putin.

Ukraine is expecting a new shipment of weapons, including Stinger missiles and Javelins within a matter of days.

Watch a video excerpt from the new FRONTLINE documentary ‘Putin’s Road to War,’ on what led up to the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine.

Emerging powers that begin to wane are prone to desperate gambles, scholar says

The eyes of the world are, understandably, on the war in Ukraine but, at the same time, the conflict between Israel and Iran is intensifying. A missile attack by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on what they claimed to be an Israeli “strategic center” in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil last week is further evidence of this and might have dire consequences. The reason for this is not only the attack itself but the fact that Iran has very publicly claimed responsibility for it.

For those who struggle to follow the yearslong and complex Russia collusion hoax scandal, here is your big-picture primer.

The Ukraine war, Covid, and the real estate bust herald a crossroads for the world's biggest nation.

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The U.S. believes that Russia may lean into its nuclear threat to project its strength as its invasion of Ukraine drags on, according to an assessment from the Defense Intelligence Agency.

A new poll finds Americans very anxious about the state of free speech.

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Drawing cheap historical parallels will not help us understand the Ukraine conflict.

EU official threatens trade measures against Beijing if the arms’ deliveries go ahead.

Last Sunday, Russian missiles struck the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security at Yavoriv in western Ukraine, a mere 25 kilometres from the Polish border. The strikes were carried out with cruise missiles launched by ...

Fighting for his life, the Russian leader could turn to nuclear or chemical weapons, attacks on NATO members or atrocities against Ukrainian civilians.

President Vladimir Putin can be expected to brandish threats to use nuclear weapons against the West if stiff Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion continues, draining conventional manpower and equipment, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency.

Iran possesses 3,000 ballistic missiles, some of which can reach Israel, the chief of the US Central Command, Kenneth McKenzie, warned yesterday. McKenzie told US Senators that none of the Iranian mi...

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Kim Iversen reviews Russia and China's friendship pact made February 4, and how it might currently affect Russia's invasion of Ukraine.About Rising: Rising i...

Sky News host Andrew Bolt says the war in Ukraine will be Vladimir Putin’s “Vietnam War” – but in the mud and snow of Ukraine. “Vladimir Putin now knows – ac...

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Attaining an unambiguous nuclear ICBM capability could lead North Korea to perceive that it has immunity from any international response.

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Washington’s big bet on New Delhi as its ideal military partner in Asia seems to be faltering. Luckily, there are ways to get the relationship back on track.

As a new nuclear deal appears close, provocations between two Middle Eastern foes abound.

Xi acts aggressively in pursuit of an expanded global role.

I understand why democratic countries are reluctant to fight, but I worry they don’t understand what will happen next.