Emerging Risks

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Late 2021 saw unprecedented threats of war and nuclear war from the Putin government. While Russian nuclear threats are common, the recent ones are fundamentally different for three reasons: 1) they a

When the head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, visited Moscow in October 2021, Gevorg Mirzayan, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science

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The threat of a U-turn in the Philippines’ South China Sea policy could loom large after May’s presidential elections, the Centre for International Security and Strategy warns.

The autocratic superpowers are increasingly pooling their advantages in taking on the Western democracies.

The flurry of diplomatic activity last week over Russia’s latest military buildup near Ukraine ended, as expected, with no breakthrough agreement. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a “dead…

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In 12 of 16 past cases in which a rising power confronted a ruling power, the result was bloodshed.

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Lessons from a Chinese jet’s fatal collision with a US spy plane, 21 years ago

The nearly two-decade-old U.S. military mission in Iraq has entered a dangerous new phase, with critics warning the Biden administration has allowed the mission to carry on without clear parameters or

While there is a growing parallel between the Taliban’s objectives in Afghanistan and Iran’s objectives in the Middle East, in other part of the region, Iranian regime is seeing its key ally within Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas. Such alliance not only would pose gravest threat to the national security of the State of Israel, […]

In November, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz signed the first-ever defense and security memorandum of understanding with his Moroccan counterpart.

Even as Europe uses less natural gas, Russia will also play a key role in clean energy geopolitics.

The stunning Covid vaccines manufactured by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna drew upon long-buried discoveries made in the hopes of ending past epidemics.

The Soviet-era bunkers are being given beds, air purifiers and a fresh lick of paint amid fears Moscow could attack any day

‘Only president Putin knows what he is going to do next, but next week would seem pivotal’

The United States on Friday accused Russia of sending saboteurs trained in explosives to stage a pretext to invade Ukraine, where government websites were knocked out in a cyberattack linked to Mosco…

Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) British historian Niall Ferguson said Saturday China would likely ramp up pressure on Taiwan next year, stressing the key to warding off Beijing's threats against the island would be deterrence.

Around one in five health care workers have quit since the pandemic began.

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Israel, since its inception in 1948, has had strained ties with Islamic countries due to their support for Palestine. Although its relationship with most of them has gotten better over time, there are still 28 states including Pakistan that have refused to recognize the Jewish nation. Recent media reports have revealed shocking details about Israeli […]

  A lot of words have been devoted in the past few weeks to the possibility of an Israeli attack

There are only "a few weeks left" to save the Iran nuclear deal, and the United States is ready to look at "other options" if negotiations fail, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is planning "things that we have not done in the past" if Russia invades Ukraine. Where do things stand now, and what can the U.S. do at this point?

The Hezbollah-held compound is only 186 miles away by air, says the Alma Research and Education Center.

Since 2017, evidence of Iran’s new precision-strike weapons capability has been raining down across the Middle East. In the last five years, the

Recent studies support the existence of the Ferguson Effect

Former CIA officer Mike Baker reacts to the U.S. Army staging 'Guerrilla War' training exercises in North Carolina. #FOXBusiness #KennedySubscribe to Fox Bus...