Emerging Risks

The director of the Defense Intelligence Agency described the sharing of information and intelligence between the United States and the Ukrainians as “revolutionary in terms of what we can do” at a Thursday congressional hearing. Army Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier told the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence that he could go into greater detail …

The US wants to cut dependence on Russian oil and gas, but this will be difficult for Switzerland and Europe, a top gas expert tells SWI swissinfo.ch.

“We’ve been wearing rose-colored glasses instead of correcting our vision,” one scientist said.

Thousands of Russians saw their comfortable, middle-class lives fade overnight with the invasion ordered by President Vladimir V. Putin.

Ukraine is expecting a new shipment of weapons, including Stinger missiles and Javelins within a matter of days.

Watch a video excerpt from the new FRONTLINE documentary ‘Putin’s Road to War,’ on what led up to the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine.

Emerging powers that begin to wane are prone to desperate gambles, scholar says

The eyes of the world are, understandably, on the war in Ukraine but, at the same time, the conflict between Israel and Iran is intensifying. A missile attack by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on what they claimed to be an Israeli “strategic center” in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Irbil last week is further evidence of this and might have dire consequences. The reason for this is not only the attack itself but the fact that Iran has very publicly claimed responsibility for it.

The Ukraine war, Covid, and the real estate bust herald a crossroads for the world's biggest nation.

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A new poll finds Americans very anxious about the state of free speech.

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EU official threatens trade measures against Beijing if the arms’ deliveries go ahead.

Fighting for his life, the Russian leader could turn to nuclear or chemical weapons, attacks on NATO members or atrocities against Ukrainian civilians.

President Vladimir Putin can be expected to brandish threats to use nuclear weapons against the West if stiff Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion continues, draining conventional manpower and equipment, according to a new assessment by the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency.

Iran possesses 3,000 ballistic missiles, some of which can reach Israel, the chief of the US Central Command, Kenneth McKenzie, warned yesterday. McKenzie told US Senators that none of the Iranian mi...

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Sky News host Andrew Bolt says the war in Ukraine will be Vladimir Putin’s “Vietnam War” – but in the mud and snow of Ukraine. “Vladimir Putin now knows – ac...

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Attaining an unambiguous nuclear ICBM capability could lead North Korea to perceive that it has immunity from any international response.

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El Salvador today is emerging as a new version of the narco-state: a gang state, in which organized crime and authoritarian rule go hand-in-hand.

Washington’s big bet on New Delhi as its ideal military partner in Asia seems to be faltering. Luckily, there are ways to get the relationship back on track.

As a new nuclear deal appears close, provocations between two Middle Eastern foes abound.

Xi acts aggressively in pursuit of an expanded global role.

I understand why democratic countries are reluctant to fight, but I worry they don’t understand what will happen next.

The United States is experiencing a shortage in rubber, sand and people. Rubber is a critical raw material needed for car tires, personal protective equipment such as masks and gloves, and many more everyday products. Anytime you’re going anywhere, you’re using rubber. Now, supply chain disruptions have thrown the rubber industry into a tailspin. The global rubber market was valued at nearly $40 billion in 2020, but one analysis predicts the natural rubber market could be worth nearly $68.5 billion by 2026. Rubber producers are facing climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, a destructive fungus and the fight for shipping containers. “We could be on the cusp of a rubber apocalypse,” Ohio State University professor Katrina Cornish told CNBC. Even though sand can be found in nearly every single country on Earth, the world could soon face a shortage of this crucial, under-appreciated commodity. In the last twenty years, sand use around the world has tripled, according to the UNEP. That’s far greater than the rate at which sand is being replenished. Additionally, the U.S. is facing an aging population, falling birth rate and economic recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. These issues will have huge implications on the size of the workforce and the consumer base. SEGMENTS: 00:00 What The Rubber ‘Apocalypse’ Means For The U.S. Economy 11:18 Why The World Is Running Out Of Sand 21:11 Is The U.S. Running Out Of People? » Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/Subscri...

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