John Mearsheimer: We're playing Russian roulette
The West is screwed, says the realist foreign policy scholar
Emerging Risks
Remember this: Ben Bernanke says the 2008 crisis was worse than the Great Depression
Former Fed chief Ben Bernanke believes the 2008 financial crisis was the worst in global history, topping even the Great Depression.
‘Not Since World War II’: The Worrying Precedent Many Are Evoking For The Ukraine War
The fact that so many news outlets and officials have evoked the last world war in recent months to give the current conflict perspective is itself alarming.
"And the phrase, "not since World War II," or variations of it, have been used to an unprecedented degree by media outlets and officials over the past year to describe the unsettling precedent for this horrific war."
Iran's Only Options Are Nuclear Diplomacy Or War, Says Politician
After more than two months of relative silence in Iranian media about nuclear talks, pundits have started debates on the diplomatic impasse amid popular protests.
China on course to expand nuclear arsenal to 1,500 warheads by 2035, …
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Eurasia in Crisis - Geopolitical Futures
Demonstrations against Beijing’s zero-COVID policy have surged in the past week, with people voicing their frustration at not only the lockdown measures
The Menace of a Deepening China-Russia Axis
The war in Ukraine should have put to rest any doubts that the China-Russia partnership constitutes a de facto anti-US alliance.
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China poses increasing threat in military space race, top U.S. general says
Rapid advancements in China’s military capabilities pose increasing risks to American supremacy in outer space, the head of the United States military’s space wing said on Monday.
U.S.-China cold war more dangerous than U.S.-Soviet rivalry - Nikkei …
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A Rare Look Inside Russia’s Massive ‘Satan’ Nuclear Missile
The pictures from state TV are a look inside one of the world's largest deployed nuclear weapons.
Report: Iran developing missiles that could eliminate obstacles to delivering nuke
While previous intel assessments said Iran would need 2 years to assemble weapon, NYT finds growing gaps in West's knowledge of Tehran's progress, particularly at Fordo site
Iran says it has begun enriching uranium to 60% purity at Fordo underground site
Tehran also claims to build new centrifuges, says moves are retaliation for international resolution criticizing its lack of cooperation with UN nuclear agency
Is Putin a Rational Actor? How and Why the Kremlin Might Use the Bomb
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Not Just Another Recession: Why the Global Economy May Never Be the Same
archived 22 Nov 2022 08:41:35 UTC
Top economist Mohamed El-Erian says we’re not just headed for another recession, but a ‘profound economic and financial shift’
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Israeli Army Intel Chief Says Iran Weighing Attacks on Qatar World Cup
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China making South China Sea a nuclear missile launchpad
China is one step closer to turning the South China Sea into a sanctuary for its nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), a move that would put the continental United States within range of its…
Xi has timeline for Taiwan, preparing to use force: US analyst | Taiwan News
Senior security expert warns US not preparing for Chinese invasion of Taiwan quickly enough | 2022-11-22 11:07:00
"Unprecedented": IAEA head on the current threat of nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine
Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, tells Lesley Stahl about the situation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which has been shelled repeatedly since March.
US Warns of China Threat With Longer-Range ICBMs on Subs - Bloomberg
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Are We on the Road to Another Pearl Harbor? - The American Spectator
The Naval Institute Press has just published a small book titled The Road to Pearl Harbor: Great Power War in Asia and the Pacific, which is part history and part a warning that history may be about to repeat itself...
Ken Griffin warns U.S. faces ‘immediate Great Depression’ if China seizes Taiwan’s semiconductor industry
The Citadel CEO worries U.S. restrictions on selling advanced computer chips to China could make invading Taiwan more tempting to Beijing.
North Korea ICBM had range to hit US mainland - Japan
It follows Thursday's warning of a "fiercer" response to US plans to boost its regional presence.
World War III?
Four scenarios from former NATO commander Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman, decorated Marine veteran, on how it could happen.
Iranian Mohajer-6 Drones Used By Russia Loaded With Western Parts
The discovery further points to issues with global supply chain of potentially useful technology to enemy states.
The scientist behind Pfizer’s Covid vaccine says a flu pandemic is only a matter of time
Vaccine researcher Kathrin Jansen said at the #STATSummit that a flu pandemic is inevitable: “The question is, does it come tomorrow or 50 years from now?”
We are much closer to World War Three than many are prepared to admit
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The Russian Empire Must Die - The Atlantic
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Australia Will Support US in War With China Over Taiwan - Bloomberg
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I visited nuclear shelters in Prague to see how cities could prepare for nuclear war
Cold War-era bunkers in Prague have been repurposed as tourist sites and nightlife venues. With war in Ukraine bringing renewed nuclear threats, could these bunkers revert to their original purpose?