Emerging Risks

Dating to imperial times, the notion has been invoked to incorporate Belarus and Ukraine

As New York emerges from its third wave of Covid, an exceptionally creepy atmosphere has developed on the streets and in the subways

From battlefield concepts to geopolitics, Beijing is sure to be watching with avid interest—and some chagrin.

The Russian president offers a comprehensive assessment of the legacy of World War II, arguing that "Today, European politicians, and Polish leaders in particular, wish to sweep the Munich Betrayal

To deter the array of nuclear threats that the United States is facing, the cost of the U.S. nuclear deterrent is a bargain.

“If the Americans won’t side with Israel against Iran, what’s the chance they will side with us?”

The question is not what the new world order would be, but rather if the U.S. and its allies can reverse the erosion of the past century's gains.

Watch full interview here…https://youtu.be/6Mm3hgc1hhg

Contaminated soil from the Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone might have been spread as far as Ukraine's capital Kyiv and possibly even to Belarus and Russia.U...

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Another Peter Zeihan clip from the Times Now Summit. He says #india need not be worried about the collapse of #china but wonders how a weak China might behav...

'Unfiltered' host asks whether Americans are being governed by a small group of elites.#FoxNews #BonginoSubscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vBUvASWatch mo...

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Joint South Korean and U.S. military drills set to kick off next month could for the first time in years include more weaponry and troops, and more aggressive messaging as tensions with North Korea rise.

The United States and allies believe that North Korea is beginning to make preparations for a possible underground nuclear test for the first time since 2017.

A country grows or shrinks in three ways.

Good equipment and clever doctrine reveal little about how an army will perform in a war.

Excerpt from Podcast with Jordan Harbinger.Listen to full interview...https://www.jordanharbinger.com/peter-zeihan-why-the-world-should-care-about-ukraine/On...

The coming revenge of the disappointed.

China's diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan represents a threat to all democracies and the United States is committed to helping the island defend itself, the top U.S. diplomat in Taipei said.

Unless democracies defend themselves, the forces of autocracy will destroy them.

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The most compelling reason why the international community is opposed to any border change is the capacity of changes in one border to spark consideration of changes in others, creating or at least exacerbating problems in the relations between existing countries. Until Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 and his moves to absorb parts of Donbas …

This will put American allies like Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Israel in the crosshairs. The regional turmoil that America is set to unleash as a result will only exacerbate the current challenges to the U.S.-led world order.

Dmitry Medvedev, who served a President of Russia from 2008 to 2012, listed the four scenarios in which Russia would launch their nuclear arsenal

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#PeterZeihan maintains his position that #china will no longer exist as a unified nation 10 years from now. He discusses China's One Child Policy, the population bomb, demographics and the Chinese Economy. He says that there is 1 in 3 chance that China will invade Taiwan. Follow Peter on Twitter: @PeterZeihan Full Interview here… https://youtu.be/nBLL3gg6RHk

As a candidate, South Korean President-Elect Yoon Seok-Yeol suggested that the ROK might need to preemptively strike North Korea.