Emerging Risks

"Today China and Russia present the greatest threat to open society," Soros said.

You would have to be out of your mind to fight wars with China and Russia simultaneously.  Unfortunately, the guy in the White House actually fits that description.  Joe Biden has been a hothead throughout his career in politics, but now he is a hothead that is in an advanced state of mental decline.  And ... Read more

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's warning came as Russia sold missiles with nuclear capabilities to his country.

Wargaming Reveals How a U.S.-Chinese Conflict Might Escalate [into a Full-Blown Nuclear War]

Alexei Fenenko, an associate professor at Moscow State University's school of world politics and a research fellow at the Institute of International Security Studies, made the incredible claim yesterday

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The longer the Biden administration prolongs the war in Ukraine and the more it helps the Armed Forces of Ukraine achieve tactical victories on the battlefield, the higher the chances Putin will use

The long read: The horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made the whole world afraid of the atomic bomb – even those who might launch one. Today that fear has mostly passed out of living memory, and with it we may have lost a crucial safeguard

Small, fast and nimble forces have helped Ukraine batter Russia, just like Green Beret forces did against the Taliban two decades ago.

Russia has likely lost 30 percent of its ground combat forces in Ukraine, and their renewed offensive in the Donbas has lost momentum.

And Are We Ready?

Russia has made new threats to use its deadly Satan-2 hypersonic nuclear missile to strike Britain in just “200 seconds” and Finland in "10 seconds”.

Vladimir Putin told the President of Finland he has 'made a mistake' by joining NATO. Foreign Minister Lavrov slammed the West's 'total hybrid war' on Russia

As Finland races to join NATO, the war in Ukraine risks spilling over into a wider European conflict.

Recent "denazification" comments posted by Oleg Morozov, a member of the Russian parliament, could further strain tensions between Russia and Europe.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is warning Thursday that the “pumping of Ukraine by NATO countries with weapons” brings the risk of the conflict “turning into a full-fledged nuclear war.”

The two sides have not managed a bilateral nuclear crisis in a very long time, and one does not really wish to find out if they can easily recover their Cold War vintage crisis management skills.

Vladimir Putin warned earlier this year that he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons to the Baltic Sea if Finland or Sweden joined NATO.

Should force be required to stop an Iranian bomb, Israel would have to act and almost certainly act alone. That is how the long-standing Israel-Iran proxy war could assume a terrible reality.

Joe Biden, the man who has been

Biden's intelligence director says Vladimir Putin would only use nuclear weapons if facing an existential threat.

Why Russia and the West Might Escalate the Fight Over Ukraine

Russia has failed to understand the importance of airpower.

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Putin might declare a war on Ukraine, thus allowing the Kremlin to mobilize the country and leverage the millions of reservists it has.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was correct when he said that the West would now like to see a ‘weakened Russia.’

Russia plans a rare flight of the Ilyushin Il-80, which is designed to accommodate top officials in the event of a nuclear war, during its coming "Victory Day" march.

Some military analysts believe that harping on Russia’s nuclear capability is a mistake, one that emphasizes history over present-day reality.

Explosions in the Russian-aligned breakaway region of Transnistria have raised the threat of a broader war. While Russia's limited strength and difficulties in Ukraine make an invasion of Moldova unli

In early March, defense officials avoided even confirming the first Stinger missiles were being sent to Ukraine amid concerns of escalating the conflict as Russian troops marched toward Kyiv, and defense analysts counted the days until Russian President Vladimir Putin would likely control the government of his next-door neighbor.  But over the last two months, as Ukraine has made a stand and fought back against the invasion, the aid has ballooned to billions of dollars' worth of helicopters, armored vehicles, newly developed drones and artillery.