Emerging Risks

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…

The Jewish state escalates its effort by targeting a broader range of security personnel and facilities.

The leaders exchanged mutual backing of each other's core interests in what was their first publicized call since February.

American concern for a domestic nuclear attack atrophied after this policy change. The Cold War had ended without a nuclear crisis; so, too, had the age of terrorism. As the world advanced into the Digital Age, a full-scale nuclear war seemed completely incomprehensible, much less a more conventiona

A tripolar international landscape would occur once China has obtained enough nuclear weapons which may incentivize adversarial neighbors to become nuclear powers in self-defense.

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What if, instead of being a competitor, China can no longer afford to compete at all?

The war in Ukraine is already setting the Middle East on fire.

Shoring up the nation’s supply chain is the single greatest challenge to the national defense.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin likened himself to Czar Peter the Great, while trying to justify his invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's Black Sea blockade of Ukraine grain is meant to "generate refugees" from North Africa, Yale historian Timothy Snyder argued Saturday.

The U.S. will do its part to manage tensions with China and prevent conflict even though Beijing is becoming increasingly aggressive in the Asian region, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday.

Putin’s puppets have dropped all pretense that Russia is a law-abiding nation, threatening to unleash chaos and emulate the unhinged nuclear threats of North Korea.