Emerging Risks

Russia has warned citizens that a nuclear war with the West could be imminent - sparked by clashes in the Middle East. Officials said on Friday that underground shelters had been built which could house 12 milion people - enough for the entire population of Moscow. Russia has clashed with the Western

Bloomberg News reports that "Russian state television is back on a war footing," as tensions over the collapse of the Syrian ceasefire mount.

Russian media outlets have asked viewers if they're ready for nuclear war.

Russian media outlets have asked viewers if they're ready for nuclear war.

Russian President Vladimir Putin could be prepping for new world war as relations with the United States and other Western countries continue to disintegrate, according to a reported in The New York Post and other media.Putin has reportedly ordered top Russian officials,...

Russia's cyber campaign against the U.S. is just another form of war

With tensions between Russia and the United States at their highest since the Cold War, there have been alarming signs coming out of Moscow that suggest the country is ready for war. Almost no one believes the Kremlin is actually preparing for a military conflict with the United States. Most...

On October 19, the Brookings Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence hosted a discussion in context of General Shirreff’s new novel, “War with Russ...

Russia and the West have entered a new Cold War that could lead to growing confrontations across the globe, as Vladimir Putin challenges American international hegemony.

Russian authorities have stepped up nuclear-war survival measures amid a showdown with Washington, dusting off Soviet-era civil-defense plans and upgrading bomb shelters in the biggest cities

While Russia enhances Cold War-era Soviet Union survival measures, nearly 330 American Marines prepare to deploy to Norway in January.

Yes, Russia has finally unveiled the Satan 2 nuclear missile (official name: RS-28 Sarmat missile) after working on it over 5 years.

In a war against hackers, Dmitri Alperovitch and CrowdStrike are our special forces.

'Important that the civilians are aware'

A key Russian defence figure says the deployment of US Marines at Værnes is part of a US buildup to go on a global blitz and warned that Norway may make itself a target for a potential nuclear attack.

Russia has ramped up its militaristic rhetoric and actions. No matter what culture you’re from, war is always the best way to consolidate political support.

The Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden and Finland fear greater likelihood of conflict with Putin.

Early last month, the U.S. government tied the disclosure of emails from the Democratic National Committee (and others) and the penetration of their

“Get ready for war with Russia” if Hillary Clinton is elected president, said progressive Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein.

A senior Polish defense official announced he is considering a third squadron of missiles along the Baltic Sea.

War-themed rhetoric has helped the Russian government control crisis-related discontent, but it could backfire.

Poland welcomes thousands of American troops, but Donald Trump's election puts Nato mission in doubt

US political leaders have falsely accused Moscow of threatening NATO member states while the alliance aggressively builds up military forces on Russia’s border, Nobel Peace Prize winner and global peace activist Helen Caldicott told Sputnik.

General Stanley McChrystal perhaps shocked many when he spoke out on the chance of a war in Europe — aside from the continuing conflict in…

In an opinion piece for Time, Mikhail Gorbachev expressed concern about increasing militarization and called for renewed political dialogue between the United States and Russia.

America must check the assertive, rising powers of Russia and China before it’s too late. Accepting spheres of influence is a recipe for disaster.

"War is the continuation of politics by other means,” observed the Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz in his classic treatise On War. Although the aphorism has become axiomatic almost to

In recent days, Russia has resumed deadly attacks in its de facto war with Ukraine. Perhaps this is an early test of President Trump by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Perhaps Mr. Putin wagers that

Both NATO and Russia have undergone massive military escalations in recent months, with each side accusing the other of provocation.