The world is at the brink of a third nuclear age, the head of the United Kingdom’s armed forces.
“The world has changed,” Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said in a lecture at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute. “Global power is shifting, and a third nuclear age is upon us.”
This age, he warned, is “altogether more complex” than those that came before it. The first of these ages was the Cold War, while the second was defined by disarmament efforts.
This third nuclear age, which, according to Radakin, the world is “at the dawn of,” is “defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies, and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.”
Russia’s war in Ukraine and multiple conflicts in the Middle East have upended global stability. Radakin believes that there is only a “remote chance” that Russia will attack or invade NATO, as it knows that the “response would be overwhelming, whether conventional or nuclear.”
“The world has changed,” Admiral Sir Tony Radakin said in a lecture at the UK’s Royal United Services Institute. “Global power is shifting, and a third nuclear age is upon us.”
This age, he warned, is “altogether more complex” than those that came before it. The first of these ages was the Cold War, while the second was defined by disarmament efforts.
This third nuclear age, which, according to Radakin, the world is “at the dawn of,” is “defined by multiple and concurrent dilemmas, proliferating nuclear and disruptive technologies, and the almost total absence of the security architectures that went before.”
Russia’s war in Ukraine and multiple conflicts in the Middle East have upended global stability. Radakin believes that there is only a “remote chance” that Russia will attack or invade NATO, as it knows that the “response would be overwhelming, whether conventional or nuclear.”
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