Emerging Risks

Israeli security officials are concerned that Iranian cells with local Turkish operatives would carry out an immediate attack.

A prominent Iranian analyst, often referred to as an expert on US affairs, says political threats against Tehran are changing and taking a military form.

New Analysis Many defense chiefs at the annual Asia Security Summit put the spotlight on China’s repeated signaling ...

At a recent conference, China was defiant and confrontational about Taiwan and the Biden administration continued to be ambiguous.

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The alleged threat follows after Israel allegedly bombed Damascus International Airport, targeting Iranian shipments.

Taiwan was alarmed by the remarks of Gen. Wei Fenghe over the weekend after China's defense minister said his country would "fight to the very end."

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"The media should be professional enough not to ask such questions," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti.

Israel and Iran are rapidly approaching an inflection point over Tehran’s nuclear program, and what was the atomic equivalent of a controlled clash between the two countries is now devolving into a…

The Jewish state escalates its effort by targeting a broader range of security personnel and facilities.

The leaders exchanged mutual backing of each other's core interests in what was their first publicized call since February.

American concern for a domestic nuclear attack atrophied after this policy change. The Cold War had ended without a nuclear crisis; so, too, had the age of terrorism. As the world advanced into the Digital Age, a full-scale nuclear war seemed completely incomprehensible, much less a more conventiona

A tripolar international landscape would occur once China has obtained enough nuclear weapons which may incentivize adversarial neighbors to become nuclear powers in self-defense.

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What if, instead of being a competitor, China can no longer afford to compete at all?

The war in Ukraine is already setting the Middle East on fire.

Shoring up the nation’s supply chain is the single greatest challenge to the national defense.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin likened himself to Czar Peter the Great, while trying to justify his invasion of Ukraine.

Russia's Black Sea blockade of Ukraine grain is meant to "generate refugees" from North Africa, Yale historian Timothy Snyder argued Saturday.

The U.S. will do its part to manage tensions with China and prevent conflict even though Beijing is becoming increasingly aggressive in the Asian region, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday.

Putin’s puppets have dropped all pretense that Russia is a law-abiding nation, threatening to unleash chaos and emulate the unhinged nuclear threats of North Korea.

Wei Fenghe issues threat at Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore while US defence secretary denounces Beijing’s ‘destabilising’ actions

The Israeli military is openly preparing dramatic new options for Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, should the Iran nuclear talks collapse.

As if we didn't have enough to worry about: This week Iran escalated its war against the West.

SINGAPORE: Beijing will "not hesitate to start a war" if Taiwan declares independence, China's defence minister warned his US counterpart on Friday (Jun 10), the latest salvo between the superpowers over the island. The warning came as Wei Fenghe held his first face-to-face meeting

Our food supply chain is under attack.  In recent years, the Chinese government has been buying up U.S. agricultural assets, and if we allow this practice to continue, China could create an ag…

If the United States wants to remain at the helm of the rules-based international order, it will need to address the serious efforts underway to undermine its global financial hegemony.