Emerging Risks

Analysis: a new pact will be worse for Israel than the old one and Iran’s influence in the region has grown in recent years

As tensions grow between Russia and Ukraine, the threat of nuclear war is ‘closer now than at any time since the 1970s’

Moscow announced Friday it would begin massive nuclear drills over the weekend that will entail practice launches of its intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.

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Russian president warns that any attempt to interfere in Ukraine conflict will provoke a response ‘never seen in history’

A Chinese warship’s use of a laser on an Australiansurveillance plane was no accident but purposeful aggression. Just after lunchtime Thursday 17 February, China for the first time undertook gre

Many are comparing the events unfolding in Ukraine with those at Munich 84 years ago. Indeed, if history isn’t quite repeating, it’s certainly rhyming. Russian President Vladimir Putin is

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It has been a long time since the threat of using nuclear weapons has been brandished so openly by a world leader, but Vladimir Putin has just done it, warning in a speech that he has the weapons available if anyone dares to use military means to try to stop Russia's takeover of Ukraine.

10:19 "What's dangerous right now, and very few people realize, is how close the US and Russia are to war, an actual shooting war." https://www.youtube.co...

The outcome of the broader war Vladimir Putin has launched in Ukraine on February 24 is far from clear; but one thing is obvious: every victory the Kremlin leader may achieve on the ground sets the stage for the collapse not only of his new empire but of the Russian Federation as well (see EDM, February 8). The reason for …

The democratic recession is so severe that autocrats now openly stage coups, steal elections, and invade other countries.

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Pyongyang’s hackers are exploiting a major loophole in cryptocurrency exchange regulations to steal millions of dollars to fund its nuclear weapons and missile programs

The Canadian trucker convoy suggests a new class divide originating in our experience of reality itself.

Russian troops and military equipment have moved out of large visible garrisons in Russia, a WSJ video investigation reveals, and dispersed into smaller harder-to-track units, along the northeastern border of Ukraine. Photo illustration: Ryan Trefes More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://www.wsj.com Visit the WSJ Video Center: https://wsj.com/video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/wsj/videos/ On Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJ On Snapchat: https://on.wsj.com/2ratjSM #Russia #Ukraine #WSJ

Beyond the imminent threat of violence, Russia is poised to upend the global energy market.

Russia’s three-month-long buildup of military forces along Ukraine’s borders culminated in a flurry of activity over the weekend that revealed the full scope of Vladimir Putin’s intentions. For all the

Washington fears that too deep involvement on the ground could bring on a war with Russia. Why should Putin not have the same fear?

Professor Cai is one among several voices asserting the world's two preeminent powers are on a collision course. Whether the analytical framework predicting this inevitable fight is geographic, diplomatic, or economic, the United States is faced with its own geo-strategic version of Pascal's wager. Given revelations of recent PRC weapons development, preparing for the next war would seem to be the winning bet.

Former PM lambastes nascent deal being negotiated in Vienna, claiming it only delays Iran by a few years while giving regime's nukes a 'kosher seal of approval'

Moscow is acting with total disregard for European norms. The west’s line of military defence must now be bolstered, says Keir Giles of Chatham House

Only about 7 percent of those responding to a recent poll said that they felt China was highly likely to take advantage of the Ukraine crisis in order to launch an attack on Taiwan.

Most South Koreans support their country going nuclear, but not necessarily to deter North Korean threats, a new poll released Tuesday shows. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs found that 71% of South Koreans support an indigenous nuclear weapons program, and strongly prefer a domestic program compared to stationing U.S. nuclear weapons in their country.  […]

US troops and their families at major bases in South Korea and Japan could end up as "missile hostages" to North Korea (or China) in a crisis.

“This region will become a nuclear tinderbox. This will bring war, and then another war,” he said. “We are going from a bad deal to a worse deal.”

Britain warned of potential cyberattacks with "international consequences" on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Puitin ordered troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.

President Biden will deliver a speech addressing the Ukraine crisis at 1 p.m. ET, the White House said, after Russia's president signed a decree recognizing two breakaway republics.

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian lawmakers on Tuesday authorized President Vladimir Putin to use military force outside the country — a move that could presage a broader attack on Ukraine after the U.S.

[Elite capture] is a crucial tool of [China's] success. The idea is simple enough: by tempting another country's elite with money, access and favors, you move them to see their interests and China's interests as intertwined or even the same. [Each] of