Emerging Risks

On the 16th floor of a tower block in Vilnius, Lithuania, is an office with a nameplate so incendiary that it has started a trade war. The ‘Taiwanese Representative Office’ violates a rule that China imposes upon its trade partners: never allow Taiwan to open official offices. Call it ‘Taipei’, or a...

The test occurred hours after President Joe Biden ended a trip to Asia where he reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its allies in the face of the North's nuclear threat.

Iranian military leaders say they "are ready for war" with Israel and issued renewed threats to burn Tel Aviv to the ground "very soon," according to comments made during a military demonstration in Tehran.

Remarks like this feed China’s anxiety that US commitment to its One China policy is slipping

And the World Should Prepare for Instability in Russia

Rainer Zitelmann speaks with Axel Kaiser, holder of the Friedrich Hayek Chair at Adolfo Ibáñez University, about the upcoming vote to change Chile’s constitution.

President Joe Biden said that he would send U.S. troops to defend Taiwan if China invades the island nation in a similar way that Russia invaded Ukraine.

Many believe that they’re the most unlucky generation since the 1980s as Beijing’s persistent pursuit of the zero Covid policy wreaks havoc.

European and Western countries have routinely sanctioned Russia in a bid to cripple its economy over its unprovoked war in Ukraine.

A senior Israeli lawmaker said on Monday the country risked "religious war" after a court ruled in favour of Jews who had tried to pray at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and as nationalists planned a march near the flashpoint site. Palestinian factions have denounced Israeli moves in Jerusalem's Old City, the heart of their decades-old conflict, and reiterated threats that echoed their warnings in the run-up to the May 2021 war in Gaza. Jerusalem Magistrates' Court on Sunday rescinded a restraining order against three Jews who had prayed while visiting the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

Chaos continues to spread throughout the world, and America’s weakened economy seems less and less equipped everyday to handle it. And situations may worsen ...

When the United States, Japan, Australia and India first resuscitated their informal dialogue from a decade-long hiatus in late 2017, China was confident it would soon fail.

Parts of the intelligence and defense establishment view no deal as much worse than even a bad deal.

Two motorcycle riders shoot Col. Hassan Sayad Khodayari in his car, state media reports, suggesting that deceased was a member of Iran's Quds Force

China is passing a series of inflection points. The most fundamental one is demographic: The Chinese population is on track for a decline.

President Joe Biden said on Monday that the United States would respond militarily if China invaded Taiwan.

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For those who struggle to follow the yearslong and complex Russia collusion hoax scandal, here is your big-picture primer.

The ties that bind the global economy together, and delivered goods in abundance across the world, are unravelling at a frightening pace.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sees parallels between Russia's actions in Europe and China's expansion in the Indo-Pacific, a region stretching from America's Pacific coastline to the Indian Ocean.

In a Saturday op-ed, Mitt Romney cited warnings made by Russian ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov that NATO is not taking Russia's nuclear threat seriously.

Beginning at the end of May, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will conduct a monthlong military drill simulating a wide scale strike on Iran.

Scientists are trying to understand why the virus, a less lethal relative of smallpox, has cropped up in so many populations around the world.

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China expert and 'The Great U.S.-China Tech War' author Gordon Chang warns the real estate market is the 'heart of the Chinese economy.' #FOXBusinessSubscrib...

The world doesn’t move in cycles or with a grand design. Echoes of the 1970s remind us that one disaster often begets others.

Shortages of grain and fertiliser could cause ‘mass hunger and famine, says chief, as World Bank pledges $12bn to ease shortfall

Targeted cash and expertise are needed in the worst-hit areas, rather than sending food stocks

Two companies make up 75% of the US baby food market. The recent shortage is yet another example of how corporate consolidation in many US sectors has led to shortages and high prices.

Massive food producers hold too much power – and the regulators scarcely understand what is happening. Sound familiar, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot