Emerging Risks

The Kremlin has published a draft of its security demands vis-à-vis NATO and Washington.

The adoption by Chinese communists of civilizational theory marks a new stage in the indigenization of Marxism on Chinese soil.

Washington and Seoul are making new war plans to address North Korean force improvements. However, the Pentagon is rather busy right now. Military analysts are talking about possible conflicts involving Russia, China, and Iran. Could Washington handle a fourth conflict, and all at the same time? Writes Doug Bandow According to CNN: “The US and […]

Israel has threatened military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear program if need be. But defense officials say Israel does not have the ability, at least not anytime soon.

The Russian troops assembled at its border with Ukraine sends a clear signal to Kyiv, Europe, and the United States that Russia might finally be ready to reincorporate Ukraine into Russia’s sphere of influence, severely increasing the risk of a major military escalation in Europe’s eastern frontier.

In this year of living dangerously it may be the U.S., more than any other actor, whose actions and inactions will drive the plot.

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"I don't think the United States is prepared to go to war in Ukraine. I don't think the United States is prepared to go to war over Taiwan," former Naval War College researcher Lyle Goldstein told Newsweek.

"The space program is rotting from within."

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In this article I am going to write about something that the vast majority of the U.S. population couldn't care less about.  Sadly, most Americans simply do not care about Ukraine, Russia's military preparations for

The U.S. has become accustomed to fighting “over there.” The next enemy may bring the conflict over here.

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As noted Russian journalist Pavel Felgenhauer pointed out in November 2021, “President Vladimir Putin declared that if the West deploys missiles to Ukraine that could reach Moscow ‘in five

Russia said on Monday it may be forced to deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe in response to what it sees as NATO's plans to do the same.

Russia, China and Iran are making military threats that demand a response from Washington

I see too many uneasy parallels between what was happening nearly 200 years ago and what is happening now over abortion.

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Opposition MK claims some in Iran's leadership more interested in destroying Israel than their own survival, says rockets from Lebanon must be met with IDF response against Tehran

FEARS of imminent war between Russia and Ukraine have exploded with EU chief Josep Borrell warning of a hybrid attack from Putin.

America has only a limited feudal past, the plantation aristocracy of the antebellum South and the . . . .

The American monopoly on international rule-writing is facing its stiffest challenge since the fall of the Soviet Union.

Analysis: experts say weakened immune systems may give rise to new Covid variants – so HIV prevention could be key to stopping coronavirus

China continues to rely on its connections with dozens of U.S. universities to collect what it deems is sensitive information in a collaborative effort to build up its military modernization, a report found this week.

His decision to assemble an invasion force along Russia’s border with Ukraine suggests that we are about to enter a dangerous new phase of international relations.

If Putin can take control of a European country by threatening or using force, it will erase the principles of international conduct that have kept peace in Europe since World War II.

January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.

Eighty years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, my Japanese-brand SUV (made in Liberty, Ohio) is parked next to my husband’s competing-brand SUV...