Emerging Risks

A new report details a culture of bureaucracy and risk-aversion that is corroding readiness.

"It is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever," Japan said in its annual defense white paper.

The imec chip research center is largely unknown outside industry circles, but it’s experiencing unprecedented global demand as semiconductors become politicized.

Communist repression or bad pandemic management?

“A nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought.” That and a promise to “ensure predictability” by “a Strategic Stability Dialogue in the near future” were the only things that Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agreed on strongly enough to put in writing—in a 140-word joint statement, which was the sole tangible yield …

It's the summer of 2026, five years after the Biden administration identified the People’s Republic of China as the principal threat to U.S. security and Congress passed a raft of laws mandating a society-wide mobilization

A decades-long megadrought spurred by climate change is drying the West, but will it run out of water?

The semiconductor chip shortage—a worsening supply chain crisis that hit companies around the world—shows no signs of ending any time soon. Some organizations have yet to fully recover from the impact of the recent blockage of the Suez Canal.

Researchers believe bats harbor deadly viruses that cause SARS, Ebola and other diseases, but proving it can be frustratingly inconclusive.

Former US Naval Intelligence Officer John Jordan says China’s communist regime is bound to “implode” if it continues to form an aggressive front. The governm...

The military’s task is to fight and win wars.

The possibility that nuclear weapons will be used in a regional or global conflict has increased over the past decade, according to a newly released report from the Pentagon.

Both an audit and a recount confirmed Biden’s victory, but ignored in the process was evidence that nearly 35,000 Georgians had potentially voted illegally.

A rocket attack against an American base early Wednesday marked the latest incident in an escalating cycle of violence between the U.S. and Iran’s proxy forces in the region.

The real danger of the demonization of China is that it leads even thoughtful Americans to believe that an open society like America has many natural advantages over a closed autocratic system like China’s. By framing it in this way, Americans cannot even conceive of the possibility of losing out to China.

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Public broadcaster says head of international think tank tracking Iran's nuclear program and others believe equipment at Karaj facility was completely destroyed or disabled

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U.S. businesses need to consider the impact of a physical conflict on their Chinese production and distribution bases.

Satellite images of construction could fuel the debate over American nuclear modernization and the future of arms control negotiations.

China appears to be building a lot of new missile silos out in the desert as it develops a nuclear force able to survive a US attack and return fire.

If and when a return to the agreement is reached, the Biden administration will also need to counter Iran’s escalating efforts in the Middle East.

  Last week, the possibility was touted that Amos Yadlin would be appointed head of the National Security Council. Although

A revived JCPOA, being negotiated in Vienna, is looking increasingly inadequate for the challenge — even if there's agreement.

'We are keeping our eyes open, maintaining the routine, while remaining prepared,' says defense minister at event marking 15 years from Second Lebanon War

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It would appear easy to blame populist leaders for disasters. But while human error certainly seems to play a part, it is often obscure bureaucrats who are actually at fault, says historian Niall Ferguson.

The Russian government is already signaling that it plans an activist approach during its three-year term as chair of the Arctic Council (see EDM, April 22, May 13, 26). It is scheduling various meetings to discuss how that regional body can be mobilized to promote Russian interests (Pnp.ru, November 27, 2020), including boosting the size of the Council’s secretariat and …