Emerging Risks

COVID-19 threatens to accelerate longer-term rebellion, violence, and political upheaval.

Facebook announces sweeping new restrictions on criticism of protected groups.

Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for two countries to deepen cooperation in East China Sea, where Tokyo has reported an influx of Chinese vessels

China recently threatened what it termed “continuous nuclear war” against Japan if it dared to intervene to prevent the “liberation of Taiwan.” Beijing Biden, the Manchurian President, and his court mandarins remained silent. It may seem odd that the United States would stand idly by while one of its key allies in the Pacific is overtly threatened with annihilation, but in truth such a non-response was predictable.

A former Trump administration official is calling the Republican Party the “No. 1 national security threat."

Socialist violence rears its ugly head again in #Cuba. Some Americans must find it odd to see Cubans protesting. Aren’t they thrilled with their “excellent ...

The likelihood that nuclear weapons can be used in a regional or international battle has elevated over the previous decade, in keeping with a newly launched report from the Pentagon. The 67-page report, titled merely “Joint Nuclear Operations,” is billed as a press release of “basic rules and steerage to plan, execute, and assess nuclear […]

Biden and Merkel will make all the right noises at their meeting this week. But deep transatlantic tensions persist.

Iran and Israel have been at loggerheads since the transformation of Iran into an Islamic republic more than four decades ago and each has persistently viewed the other as a major threat to its national ...

New coronavirus strains are a risk, but experts say human behavior and social interactions that lead to superspreader events remain the most serious threat.

Police officers no longer feel that they have the public’s support.

The president's opponents are more worried about democracy — and pulling in the opposite direction.

Fox Nation host Lara Logan details the dangers of tech surveillance for individuals and the nation

In May, Australia cancelled the Belt and Road (BRI) agreement with China citing inconsistencies with its foreign policy, saying that it was contrary to its foreign relations.

The Chinese government vessels sailed into the territorial sea around the disputed East China Sea islets on Wednesday morning.

Britain's top domestic spymaster cautioned citizens on Wednesday to treat the threat of spying from Russia, China and Iran with as much vigilance as terrorism, in a shift of focus back to counter-espionage nearly two decades after the 9/11 attacks.

Tokyo raises alarm over 'gray zone' incidents near Senkakus in 2021 white paper

Taro Aso calls island contingency a potential 'threat to survival'

A new report details a culture of bureaucracy and risk-aversion that is corroding readiness.

"It is necessary that we pay close attention to the situation with a sense of crisis more than ever," Japan said in its annual defense white paper.

The imec chip research center is largely unknown outside industry circles, but it’s experiencing unprecedented global demand as semiconductors become politicized.

Communist repression or bad pandemic management?

“A nuclear war cannot be won and must not be fought.” That and a promise to “ensure predictability” by “a Strategic Stability Dialogue in the near future” were the only things that Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agreed on strongly enough to put in writing—in a 140-word joint statement, which was the sole tangible yield …

It's the summer of 2026, five years after the Biden administration identified the People’s Republic of China as the principal threat to U.S. security and Congress passed a raft of laws mandating a society-wide mobilization

A decades-long megadrought spurred by climate change is drying the West, but will it run out of water?

The semiconductor chip shortage—a worsening supply chain crisis that hit companies around the world—shows no signs of ending any time soon. Some organizations have yet to fully recover from the impact of the recent blockage of the Suez Canal.

Researchers believe bats harbor deadly viruses that cause SARS, Ebola and other diseases, but proving it can be frustratingly inconclusive.

Former US Naval Intelligence Officer John Jordan says China’s communist regime is bound to “implode” if it continues to form an aggressive front. The governm...

The military’s task is to fight and win wars.

The possibility that nuclear weapons will be used in a regional or global conflict has increased over the past decade, according to a newly released report from the Pentagon.