Exploring ten potential World War III scenarios, from Taiwan to AI.

Even more likely than an all-out invasion of Taiwan may be gray zone pressures, such as cutting internet cables.

The same scenario projects roughly 100,000 total casualties in Taiwan, about half of them civilians, while US and Japanese losses would number in the thousands. Even a limited conflict would degrade ...

China opened 2026 by signaling that its most advanced military capabilities are no longer reserved for occasional ...

Zack Cooper, one of the report's authors, said a full-scale conflict would begin with amphibious landings by Chinese forces, accompanied by strikes on Taiwan's military as well as US forces based in ...

In the same scenario, Taiwan is projected to suffer roughly 50,000 military and 50,000 civilian casualties. The United States would lose an estimated 5,000 military personnel and 1,000 civilians, ...