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Major near‑term risks that could cascade into a wider war by 2026 center on three geographic theatres—Europe (Russia–Ukraine), the Indo‑Pacific (Taiwan / South China Sea / U.S.–China military friction...
In 2025 the U.S. Navy rotated multiple carrier strike groups into the Middle East to deter Iranian escalation, counter Houthi attacks on shipping, and conduct targeted strikes against extremist groups...
A handful of and potential , cross‑Taiwan Strait tensions , a widening , and the Red Sea, and spillovers in —carry the clearest risk of expanding into wider wars by 2035 based on current trajectories ...
Available reporting in the provided set shows U.S. naval forces—including the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and other task forces—have been moved into the Caribbean near Venezuela this fall; non...
Since 2022 the U.S. has shifted from largely Okinawa-centric Marine basing toward a more distributed posture in the western Pacific: Camp Blaz on Guam was activated in January 2022 and construction an...
Military alliances have a dual record: they have deterred large-scale war by creating dense, stable networks and institutionalized crisis management—post‑1950 alliance densification accompanied a shar...
Available reporting shows a major U.S. naval buildup in the Caribbean in November 2025 — notably the USS Gerald R. Ford strike group operating near Venezuela — but the sources say the USS Nimitz was a...
Critics argued that Trump-era decisions — including unilateral strike postures and rapid withdrawals from Syria and the Iran nuclear deal — raised the risk of new conflicts by increasing presidential ...
The chief geopolitical tensions that analysts warn could spark a wider great‑power war center on a US–China contest in the Indo‑Pacific (especially Taiwan and the South China Sea), Russia’s war in Ukr...
International agreements are central to the lawful, cooperative suppression of drug boat trafficking, providing legal tools for extradition, mutual legal assistance, and maritime interdiction framewor...
The security response around the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur centered on a large, visible and covert police deployment of with plainclothes teams positioned to act quickly against disruptions, a...