Emerging Risks

Boris Bondarev, a former Russian diplomat, argues the Kremlin will "finally abandon its delusions of grandeur" if it is defeated in Ukraine.

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An Iranian official has confirmed that 270 cities and towns are suffering from acute water shortage as water levels at dams have dropped to critically low levels.

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Both Kyiv and Moscow say they are open to new peace talks but a lack of trust and wildly different understandings of the military situation mean new discussions are unlikely.

Quietly, the Israel Defense Forces are preparing for a potential Third Lebanon War against Hezbollah.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is calling for an "exponential increase" in his country's nuclear weapons arsenal in response to what he claims are threats from South Korea and the United States, Pyongyang's state media reported Sunday.

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Putin does not have a plan for the Ukraine war and is becoming increasingly isolated, sources told The Washington Post.

Will this be Yoav Gallant and Benjamin Netanyahu's best chance to redo their missed opportunity in 2010 and attack Iran?

As China looks inward, its leaders may be coming to the realization that the global economy might be incompatible with their goals.

Several smaller nations in the region have accused China of using military threats to maintain its hegemony and silencing the critics

Following the humiliating and large-scale loss of territory around Kharkov, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilisation of 300,000 troops to address the military’s considerable manpower deficiencies and replenish battlefield casualties. Russia has reportedly now sent at least 150,000 of these personnel into the conflict arena, with 150,000 or more in reserve.  This number presumably [...]Read More...

Neither Russia’s economic capacity nor its military capabilities justify calling Russia a great power anymore thanks to the Ukraine war.

It was the year when a new breed of GCC leaders seized the opportunities Putin’s war presented and forced western countries to see the Gulf through new eyes

British defense secretary warns military components being traded for Iranian drones will 'undermine' region, international security; estimates Russian losses at 100,000 troops

The official's comments come as Beijing and Moscow increase military exercises and foreign policy alignment.

The war in Ukraine has destroyed Putin’s aura of infallibility back home, and even the Kremlin seems to have realized this is the beginning of the end.

White House says Moscow moving toward full defense ‘partnership’ with Tehran, including air defense systems and fighter jets, in exchange for drones supplied for Ukraine war

Opinion | There was already talk of a possible split within the Russian elite two months ago, after Russia’s hurried retreat from Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.

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Konstantin Sivkov also claimed that Poland was preparing to invade Kaliningrad in Russia.

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Vladimir Solovyov also described U.S. President Joe Biden "an absolutely deceitful, nasty, scary no-good person."

The war in Ukraine has destroyed Putin’s aura of infallibility back home, and even the Kremlin seems to have realized this is the beginning of the end.

Indicators suggest major Israeli military action against Iran-led forces in Syria is just a matter of time.

China's nuclear program has long been surprisingly modest. That's changing.

Republican House Intelligence Committee members allege in a report that there are indications that COVID-19 could be tied to China’s biological weapons research program.