Emerging Risks

The United States needs a grand strategy to deal with three interconnected threats to global stability.

The situation on the Israel-Lebanon border is worsening, all while US efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza have yet to lead to a deal.

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Simultaneous conflicts in Europe and Asia could become tomorrow's nightmare

That risk is notoriously hard to predict. There’s no reliable procedure for assessment or solid evidence on which to base it

There is nothing for the United States to gain and a great deal to lose by expanding the allowed target list of our weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. Risking nuclear escalation is foolish to the

Amid near daily Hezbollah rocket, drone and missile attacks on the northern Israeli border communities, the Israel Defense Forces countered with a surgical strike that killed a senior Hezbollah commander.

Taiwanese author and current affairs commentator Fan Zhou, who has been doing business in China for twenty years, compared the Chinese economy to a patient w...

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A war, Xi might reason, would likely prevent his political enemies from removing him from power.

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China's cyber operatives have infiltrated computer networks used to control critical U.S. infrastructure in preparation for future attacks to disrupt American society during a conflict, the direc

The Philippines have warned China that it would consider any Filipino soldier killed by a Beijing water cannon to be an “act of war" amid heightened tensions in the region.

Ambassador to Denmark official Vladimir Barbin warned Copenhagen that the delivery of F-16 fighter jets "would be seen as a nuclear threat."

China is expanding its naval bases on the tropical island of Hainan in the South China Sea. Two of Beijing’s most important naval facilities, Yulia and Longpo, have undergone dramatic expansion to accommodate a growing fleet of vessels and to provide a home for China’s new sea-borne nuclear deterrent. WSJ spoke to defense analysts who say the upgrades point to Beijing’s preparations for a possible conflict over Taiwan. Chapters: 0:00 Island of Hainan 0:42 Geostrategic advantages of Hainan 1:07 Submarines and mountain bunker 3:31 Infrastructure expansion 6:15 Expansion in Cambodia News Explainers Some days the high-speed news cycle can bring more questions than answers. WSJ’s news explainers break down the day's biggest stories into bite-size pieces to help you make sense of the news. #China #Military #WSJ

Devastation of the opponent’s territory, of the kind now attempted by Russia in Ukraine, is not new – and, as the record shows, unfortunately it works.

Iran last month launched a large-scale overnight air strike on Israel. More than 300 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles targeted the country. North Korean technology was at least partly

Import-reliant China is seeking to reduce Western leverage over it, but some have suggested a more ominous reason behind the commodities buildup.

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Setting aside “Axis of Evil,” or its calibrated stepchild “Axis of Upheaval,” what might be a better name for the China-Russia-Iran-North Korea cluster? Consider an acronym—"CRANK,” representing

A “New Arsenal of Democracy” is needed to secure American power in the twenty-first century.

For the first time, Iranian officials are openly threatening to build a nuclear weapon—and even intimating that they already have.

Russian media personality Vladimir Solovyov promoted nuclear war on a recent episode of his show.

The images suggest significant activity is taking place at the Yongbyon nuclear complex.

North Korean weapons tests have become so common that they're often dismissed as empty threats. But with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un newly emboldened, an...