Emerging Risks

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.

Republican congressman warns of potenial "nuclear war" with Russia.

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THIS nuclear war map shows the areas to avoid if America ever becomes involved in World War Three with Russia or North Korea.

NORTH Korea could have sourced key components for a deadly missile from Russia or Ukraine, a top US defence expert has alleged.

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The aftermath in Haifa of a Hezbollah Katyusha rocket attack during the Second Lebanon War. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Newly-built Iranian …

General Sir Richard Barrons, former head of Joint Forces Command, said the UK has not carried out a full assessment of military needs since the end of the Cold War.

According to the chief of the General Staff of Russia, Valery Gerasimov, in the last five years Russia has profoundly increased its military presence in key regions of the world, in some areas “reaching the level of the Soviet Union” (Vpk.name, November 9). Speaking on November 7, Russia’s top-ranking military official devoted significant attention to Crimea, which Moscow had forcibly …

"Everything is fine, just perfect. I congratulate the aircraft builders and I think we will deliver good news to the defense ministry," Putin said of the new TU-160M2.

Are the winds of war blowing from Russia?

RUSSIA issued a chilling warning to Donald Trump shortly after the...

Vladimir Putin is “potentially more dangerous” to the West than an enraged, unstable Stalin in his final months of life or a nuclear-brandishing Khrushchev during the Cuban crisis, according to a leading Russian commentator. Respected political analyst Andrey Piontkovsky gives a deeply alarming view of a lurch towards a new world war.

Nearly half of US military troops believe America will be drawn into a major war next year and see Moscow and Beijing as main threats, according to a recent poll. But is there any basis for this anxiety among soldiers?

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