Emerging Risks

While the consequences of the "bomb" part of a nuclear warhead are well-known - intense fireball, heat, infrastructure damage - generations born after the Cold War may not understand the devastating effects radiation has on human health for those not killed in the initial blast. According to the Mayo Clinic, radiation sickness is damage to your body caused by a large dose of radiation over a short period of time. (It's important to note that routine exposures to very small amounts of radiation, such as in an X-ray or CT scan, doesn't cause radiation sickness.) Some symptoms happen immediate...

By Jon Dougherty Predictions of America's doom and gloom ahead are nothing new, as it's always easier for us to see the glass as half-empty rather than half-full. So it's not surprising that a new study has made a similar 'prediction.' But unlike many past analyses, a new look at an old study by historian…

The relationship between the nations’ space agencies is facing a series of difficult tests, including an antisatellite weapon and friction over Ukraine.

Opinion | The Kremlin may err if it thinks Ukraine or NATO would easily submit to aggression.

The Biden Administration faces a potential confrontation with a longtime rival that is better armed and more hard-line than at any time in its modern history.

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If Israel acts against Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, America will have to decide whether or how to get involved.

Israel, Bahrain and the UAE have begun to form a Nato-like alliance since normalising relations

US intelligence agencies have assessed that Saudi Arabia is now actively manufacturing its own ballistic missiles with the help of China, CNN has learned, a development that could have significant ripple effects across the Middle East and complicate the Biden administration's efforts to restrain the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the Saudis' top regional rival.

U.S. sees rising likelihood of Russian military action against Ukraine, promises strong response.

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If Putin prefers to continue the force buildup on Ukraine’s border, he is likely to provoke an increasingly tough NATO response both economically and militarily.

Putin smells weakness in Washington, Europe, and Ukraine. There’s never been a better time to reclaim his “historic lands.” Will we let him?

With a “youth army,” a cathedral honoring the military and state media promoting patriotism, the government is preparing Russians for the possibility of a fight.

Russian President Putin has dropped the first hint at a potential war in Ukraine. Putin has warned the US and NATO of taking 'military measures' amid rising ...

According to reports, the IDF does not have the means to effectively and seriously damage Iran's nuclear facilities right now.

Israeli leadership is coping not only with the question of military preparedness for the possibility of attacking the Iranian nuclear program, but also with the implications of such an attack on Israel’s homeland security, its economy and its growth.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyThe rhetoric on Kremlin-funded state television is amping up the sense of urgency around Russian President Vladimir Putin’s NATO “ultimatum.” Olga Skabeeva, the host of state TV show 60 Minutes, said Tuesday: “The level of anxiety has reached its maximum. We’re 20 days away from the expiration of the ultimatum and the stakes are rising, even though it seems they couldn’t be any higher.”One day after Moscow submitted a draft of its Rus

As reports pile up about Russia’s military mobilisation on Ukraine’s border and the Kremlin’s diplomatic demands, questions abound. What is going on? What will come next? Will Russia invade? In fact, Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

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Urban violence triggers the rise of private security services for the affluent.

Engage the world Americans should, but make the world’s conflicts their own they should not. Only by stepping back will Washington’s prosperous, populous friends ever take on their military responsibilities for themselves and the world around them.

Though horrors of war have abated, many have lost hope in a future at home amid poverty and corruption, while some still fear for their personal safety

U.S. officials think Iran and Iran-backed groups may up attacks against U.S. troops around Jan. 1 because the U.S. is set to end its Iraq combat mission Dec. 31.

Retired Israeli General Yitzhak Brick has warned of a 'terrifying' scenario which awaits Tel Aviv in any coming war due to the 'unpreparedness' of the Israeli army and its leaders, Aram Media...

Russia upped the ante Monday in its dangerous standoff with Ukraine, openly warning of military action if President Biden and America's NATO allies ignore a list of demands Moscow unveiled late last w

In a letter, the scientists also urged President Biden to declare that the United States would never be the first to use nuclear weapons in a conflict.

Russia remains the most significant threat to European security, Estonia's defense minister says, echoing the line taken by his counterparts in Latvia, Lithuania and the Nordic states.

The BBC's Steve Rosenberg looks at what might be on the Russian leader's mind amid growing tensions.

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