'TAIWAN IS PREPARED FOR WAR': Gordon Chang says China threat is GROWING
Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang joins 'Mornings with Maria' to discuss Taiwan's war readiness, new questions about COVID origins and growing c...
War-weary Russia is falling apart
No one can know for certain how the current dilemma created by Putin’s military misadventure will play out. One thing, however, is increasingly clear: The trendlines are not good, either for Russia…
Russia’s Warnings Signal Danger of Widening War
In the Baltics and in Kiev, the risks of a major escalation are rising.
China's nuclear arsenal growing faster than any other country: Report
The report says the pace of gradual dismantlement of retired nuclear warheads by Russia and the USA could slow down in the years ahead.
The New World Screwworm Is Back. Here’s What That Means.
Here’s why farmers and scientists are concerned over the New World screwworm’s unwelcome return to the United States.
US plans to fight flesh-eating screwworm outbreak with flies and dogs
The insect, which has been found in America for the first time since 1966, is a growing concern in the southern US.
South Korea Takes a Hard Left Turn Against America - WSJ
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China’s Economy Is Taking Everyone Down
American and Chinese workers are paying a high price for all the cheap goods.
Islamic Burial Rituals Blamed For Spread Of Ebola
Islam isn't just at the heart of the terror threat posed by the Islamic State. The religion is also contributing to the other major crisis plaguing the globe: the spread... Read More
OPCW Confirms 70-Plus Undeclared Assad Chemical Weapons Found Across Syria
OPCW inspectors working with Syrian authorities found more than 70 undeclared Assad-era chemical weapons and sarin precursor materials at three sites in May 2026; 18 former regime officials have been arrested.
Russia launches nuclear war games on Europe’s doorstep as Nato issues stark warning
ANALYSIS: Russia’s massive war games in Belarus are an attempt to regain military initiative by threatening armageddon, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
Why President Trump Ordered the Resumption of U.S. Nuclear Testing - Grok / X
Why President Trump Ordered the Resumption of U.S. Nuclear Testing
Xi warned Trump against the ‘Thucydides Trap’ – here’s what ancient Greece can tell us about US-China relations
The Greek historian recounted the danger of a rising power challenging an established one.
About That Taiwan ‘Thucydides Trap’ - WSJ
His real point was warning Mr. Trump not to risk a war by interfering with China’s designs to retake Taiwan—by force if necessary.
Could the Third Gulf War Become World War III?
As the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran continues, it is becoming harder to treat it as a self-contained Middle Eastern conflict. The signs increasingly point to a growing intersection
How worried should I be about hantavirus?
5 questions about the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak, answered.
Opinion | Here’s How Freaked Out You Should Be About the Hantavirus C…
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This Is Not the World Russia Wants | Foreign Affairs
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China’s Youth Have Started a Silent Revolt
China’s young people are no longer protesting loudly — many are simply opting out. In this video, we explore Beijing’s growing fear over China’s “lying flat”...
Avoiding Small Wars Creates Bigger Ones: Gadi Taub - YouTube
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Are We Heading Toward World War III?
Regional conflicts have expanded into global ones before.
Russia’s Economy Is on the Brink of Collapse
Putin is the Head of a Russian State on the Brink of Economic Collapse: Leonid Putin, meet Vladimir Brezhnev. Serious Russian economists are increasingly of the opinion that Russia is in deep trouble and that Putin’s policies are bringing it to the point of collapse. In that sense, Putin’s Russia is following in the footsteps […]
Are America and China Condemned to Repeat History? | Foreign Affairs
“This world is unlike anything any of us have experienced in our lifetimes,” argues Westad, a professor at Yale and a specialist in modern international and global history. “But it does look quite a bit like the world of more than a hundred years ago, from the late nineteenth century to 1914.”
The Next World War: The New Age of Global Conflict
At its core, The Next World War argues that the post Cold War illusion of peace has collapsed. Apps describes a world where great power competition has returned with renewed intensity driven primarily by tensions between the United States, China, and Russia. Rather than presenting war as a distant or hypothetical possibility, Apps frames it as a credible risk within the coming decade. A risk that is already shaping policy, military planning, and everyday life.
The Guardian view on Germany, Japan and the end of the postwar order: as US alliances crumble, a new world emerges | Editorial
Editorial: Developments in Berlin and Tokyo show how far the strategic environment has shifted in response to authoritarian threat and American unpredictability
Iran’s Regime Has Changed—for the Worse - WSJ
“The war changed the regime—and not in a good way,” said Danny Citrinowicz, who formerly headed the Iran desk for Israeli military intelligence. “We created a reality that is worse than what Iranians were facing before the war.”
How Eschatology Wreaks Havoc in the United States and Russia • russian desk
Beyond the establishment of a “vertical of power,” beyond the dominant influence of oligarchs close to the presidential clan, beyond corruption, nepotism, and
Former Nato chief to say UK's national security 'in peril'
Lord George Robertson, a former Labour defence secretary, will use a speech to accuse "non-military experts in the Treasury" of "vandalism".
The Looming College-Enrollment Death Spiral
After many decades of democratization, higher education could once again become a luxury good.
Iran’s Next Move Is the Bomb—If the Regime Survives
As the United States and Israel continue to decimate Iran’s conventional capabilities, it becomes clearer that their campaign cannot stop until at least one of two objectives is achieved: the co