One Iranian analyst told Newsweek Ukrainian strikes will "redouble Tehran‑Moscow cooperation to strengthen Caspian security."

One hundred years after the First World War and more than eighty years after the devastation of the Second World War gave rise to the United Nations, humanity once again finds itself living in an age of permanent crisis.

The wars in Iran and Ukraine have created a plausible path toward the doomsday scenarios of 1914 and 1939.

The early stages of what could become World War III are already upon us.

Still, historians are quick to see parallels to the situation before 1914.

Donald Trump has done more than any other 21st century U.S. president to “pivot” to Asia and the western Pacific, yet recently his administration has been criticized for going...

While the world has entered a more dangerous era, nuclear deterrence still imposes powerful constraints that make World War Three unlikely

Ukraine carried out drone strikes against Iran in the Caspian Sea. The two conflicts, linked by supply chain pressures, are now hotting up.

Tehran has threatened a response after a Ukrainian strike on an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea that Kyiv says was carrying weapons to Russia. Still, Ukraine says it wants to avoid escalation with Tehran.

There is a gnawing fear the wars in Ukraine and Iran could expand from separate regional conflicts and merge into a global conflict

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East share operational, financial and strategic connections.

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The Greek historian recounted the danger of a rising power challenging an established one.

Regional conflicts have expanded into global ones before.

The warnings of great-power wars past.

Peter Apps The Next World War is excellent. check out our review before hitting the book shop - it's worth reading.

In today’s newsletter: Our diplomatic editor on how global instability feeds into conflict in so many parts of the world, and whether the threshold for a major global war has been met

Countless potential black swan events could spark a collapse of our fragile geopolitical order

If the U.S. does strike Iran, does that suggest a 21st-century Sarajevo and a prelude to a wider war?

Voters in leading allied states broadly support higher defense spending, but balk when faced with policy trade-offs.

Annie Jacobsen lays out a second-by-second timeline for how nuclear...

From Eastern Europe to the Taiwan Strait, five nuclear-armed flashpoints could spark World War III as soon as 2026 if Washington and its allies get this wrong.

Five flashpoints in 2025—Taiwan, NATO’s east, Israel-Iran, Korea, and the Himalayas—could spark World War III.