Emerging Risks

Fumio Kishida welcomes Nancy Pelosi in Tokyo and urges Beijing to halt planned four days of military exercises sparked by US House speaker’s visit

Russia could target Moldova by embarking on a limited-scope but overt military invasion – or by pursuing more covert hybrid aggression scenarios. Moldova and the EU need to embrace “active resilience” to address this.

Beijing’s centralized planning has created a massive bubble of obligations.

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Minxin Pei explains China's intentions toward the island following Nancy Pelosi's arrival in Taipei.

U.S. presidents missed opportunities that shaped Putin's increasingly hostile worldview and led him to invade Ukraine War

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Some of Beijing's planned military exercises will take place within Taiwan's 12 nautical mile sea and air territory, according to the defence ministry.

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Over the weekend, Hezbollah threatened Israel’s gas extraction infrastructure in the disputed Karish maritime border.

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Joint drill with US Navy 5th fleet focusing on 'mission planning, maritime interdiction'; Gantz last month said Tehran's presence was the 'most significant' in a decade

A social media channel affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that the hardline regime is "one step away" from constructing a nuclear weapon that can "turn New York into ruins and hell."

Since Russia waged war on Ukraine, many have tried to draw a direct parallel to China and Taiwan, with some senior Taiwanese officials even arguing that in light of recent events, China will delay their invasion of Taiwan. This, argues Nigel Inkster - former director of operations for MI6 - is false. China will have drawn one lesson from this conflict. If they conclude that peaceful reunification is no longer an option with Taiwan, a military strike from China will be ‘massive and overwhelming’.

"The myth of Putin as the world's energies tsar is running out of gas."Putin can't pivot east to sell oil and gas and is eating into his reserves to finance ...

Amid stalled Biden administration talks to rework the decertified Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, Iran is coming out to threats to "build nuclear warheads" and turning New York City into "hellish ruins."

Will Nancy Pelosi head to Taiwan as reports have indicated and how would China respond? One thing is clear: tensions are rising.

Amid reports Beijing is planning massive bailout, S&P predicts sales slump will heighten liquidity squeeze and trigger more defaults

Germany, which has been high-and-mighty within the European Union and has imposed austerity against weaker European economies such as in Greece, Spain, Italy, and Portugal, is now demanding that other EU member nations bail Germans out of what will soon inevitably be an energy-emergency that results from Germany’s having complied with America’s demand to not […]

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s intention to visit Taiwan is likely to cause a new round of escalation in the Taiwan Strait.

A new Japanese defense report highlights concerns over China's growing use of artificial intelligence and “civil-military fusion.”

As talks in Qatar hit dead end, Iran admits it's been working on a nuclear bomb all along; Israel intensifies war against IRGC.

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Recruitment problems are a symptom of the failure to educate and cultivate genuine military leaders.

The same climate policies that are set to destroy private agriculture in the Netherlands are eventually coming to America.

The threat posed to America by China is greater than it has been in a generation. We're at a Sputnik moment and it's coming soon over semiconductors.

Sir Stephen Lovegrove says a lack of communication between global powers nowadays risks nuclear conflict

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For unexplainable reasons, after the US pulled out of the JCPOA in 2018, neither the US nor Israel prepared an available military 'plan B,' writes Ehud Barak.

Introduction We live in interesting times. In support of the most blatant aggression since World War II, we have heard since November 2021 Russian high level nuclear war threats every week or two. Ind