Emerging Risks

Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Monday warned that China was building up its military to prepare for a potential war with the U.S., and he said America must optimize its forces to counter the …

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned nations Monday that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict means the world is heading towards a "wider war.""I fear the world is not sleepwalking into a wider war.

Putin's recent shift in strategy in Ukraine is likely to have a lasting impact on Europe and the way the war is fought. The conflict threatens to become a lasting, one not just with Ukraine but with the Europe as a whole.

State TV host Margarita Simonyan said in the future Russia may have to produce a more threatening ultimatum that could include nuclear weapons.

Ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev warned NATO allies Thursday that a defeat for Russia in Ukraine could mean nuclear war.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, through his close personal friend Viktor Medvedchuk, is threatening Europe with nuclear war, according to an article published by the Russian propaganda newspaper Izvestia on Jan. 16 under the name of the former Ukrainian MP.

The Kremlin on Thursday warned of escalation in Ukraine if the West gives the pro-Western country more weapons capable of striking Russia.  "Potentially, this is extremely dangerous, it will mean bringing the conflict to a whole new level, which, of course, will not bode well from the point of view of global and pan-European security," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

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Russia "would use a nuclear weapon before it allowed its military to be defeated in the field," retired US Army Brig. Gen. Kevin Ryan told Insider.

The unending Russo-Ukrainian conflict that has added another dark chapter to the European history is now at the threshold of what can be called ‘the most uncalled for moment’, the use of nukes. This has increased the chances of ‘Mutual Assured Destruction’ (MAD) and the catastrophic time for Europe ahead, and the peril looms high with […]

The echoes of history are clear at every juncture of the unfolding conflict of the Russo-Ukrainian war.

Russia is now retreating our of Kherson in what is a major blow to President Putin and his effort to try and conquer Ukraine.

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The more the Kremlin has signalled its readiness to drop a nuclear bomb, the more the rest of the world has sought a reason to believe that it will not.

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A senior official from Russia's Foreign Ministry has warned that Western commercial satellites could become legitimate targets for Moscow if they were involved in the war in Ukraine.

The Russian president's resort to partial mobilization suggests that he’s more afraid of regime hardliners than his own public.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his French counterpart in a telephone call on Sunday that the situation in Ukraine was rapidly deteriorating and trending towards "uncontrolled escalation". archived 23 Oct 2022 15:20:38 UTC

In war, nothing is inevitable and not much is predictable. But the war in Ukraine has a direction that observers can see and that we should name. What

Joe Biden's Ukraine strategy could very well mean that Russia feels trapped and could start a nuclear war where billions would die.

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The president and the Doomsday Clock.

The idea he is bluffing is naive, and it fails to understand how Russia views this war. We must prepare for the worst scenario archived 8 Oct 2022 00:38:44 UTC

“The islands you occupy do not bind us, we will do what is necessary when the time comes. As we say, we can come suddenly one night.” Weeks have now

Israel-Lebanon maritime border proposal 'does nothing to lower or alleviate tensions along the blue line' - Click the link for more details

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God forbid, if Russia uses a nuclear weapon, we may look back and wonder if we responded to Putin’s rhetoric with sufficient urgency at this moment.

In a nuclear war, "there will be no security for anyone, not for Ukraine, and not for the world," the Global Times wrote in an editorial on Sunday.

Putin is "losing" in Ukraine and faces an "irreversible" situation, retired Army general and former CIA chief David Petraeus said Sunday

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