Emerging Risks

Haunted by the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian president is using the pandemic, the climate crisis, migration and looming conflict to turn chaos into power.

Threats from Russia and China, a weaker US security alliance and internal discord expose fundamental strategic weaknesses

The Russian president may not want to start a war, but he must show he’s ready to fight to stop what he sees as an existential security threat.

Carl Bildt thinks Chinese and Russian saber-rattling should be viewed as part of a broader strategic threat.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says there is evidence of ‘coup d’état’ being planned for early December

The Russian buildup of troops near Ukraine has triggered the worst fears of a major Russian military incursion since 2014.

Washington is on edge as Russia's military buildup threatens a confrontation, with fears escalating following reports that U.S. intelligence shows Russian forces preparing to push into Ukraine.

Millions of citizens long ago concluded that professional sports, academia, and entertainment were no longer disinterested institutions, but far Left and...

In The Australian newspaper on Monday, Hugh White gave us a picture of democratic defeat in the face of overwhelming Chinese dominance should war break out over Taiwan. ‘Going to war with China,’ he says, ...

The fact that war can be fought in so many ways in the 21st century might reduce the need for actual military conflict.

Part one of Sky News Australia’s documentary – China Rising – delves into Chinese President Xi Jinping’s mission to topple the United States and become the w...

As Iran's nuclear programme forges ahead, some see Israel running out of options to thwart it.

NATO countries say Russia’s military movements threaten Kyiv, though Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans remain unclear.

One expert called Russian military movements "symptomatic of a military that is preparing itself for this very real possibility."

Why are progressive regions of the country—especially in the old major liberal cities (e.g., Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle)—institutionalizing de facto…

The Kremlin’s sharpened rhetoric is accompanied by what some experts believe to be the early signs of Russia’s growing preparedness to escalate the military conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Iran has not acknowledged the attack, but U.S. and Israeli officials said it was retaliation for Israeli airstrikes, drawing the U.S. into Iran’s shadow war with Israel.

The long arm of Iranian terror reaches Colombia. Some Colombian pundits and politicians... refer to Iran as a normal democratic nation looking to engage in trade and diplomacy... instead of as an Islamist revolutionary regime that uses terrorism as part

Policies on ‘sole purpose’ or ‘no first use’ sound appealing but would weaken security guarantees

General Sir Nick Carter says action along Belarus-Poland border is straight out of ‘Russian playbook’

"Man, drones are awesome. They are so good at what they do," a Green Beret told Insider. "Everyone loves them."

It was already a dangerous race: China versus the United States, each pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into missiles, submarines, warplanes and ships, vying to dominate the Indo-Pacific. Now that race may be going nuclear.

A study says Tokyo’s recent activities indicate it has discussed the scenario with the US and wants to deter Beijing from any attempt to seize the island.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has warned war between China and Australia would be “devastating” as he described the communist superpower as an existential threat to the region.

Chinas unprecedented nuclear weapons build up has raised the risk of war with the US and provided the Peoples Liberation Army with the confidence to invade Taiwan, according to a new report by an influential US Congressional commission.

In the stretch of Europe from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, where Moscow and the West have competed for influence for decades, the threat of a new military conflict is growing.

China is expanding its nuclear arsenal, a move that might lead China to take more risks with its conventional forces.

A top Pentagon official recently warned China could soon become capable of launching a "surprise" nuclear attack against the United States.

Calls grow for a global planetary defense strategy as thousands of near-Earth asteroids are discovered each year.

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