Current global uncertainty and anxiety amid the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic could risk another world war, the head of Britain's armed forces warned.
In an interview aired to coincide with Remembrance Sunday, the annual commemorations for those who have been killed and wounded in conflict, Nick Carter, Britain's Chief of the Defense Staff, said an escalation in regional tensions and errors of judgment could ultimately lead to widespread conflict, Reuters reported.
"I think we are living at a moment in time where the world is a very uncertain and anxious place and of course, the dynamic of global competition is a feature of our lives as well, and I think the real risk we have with quite a lot of the regional conflicts that are going on at the moment, is you could see escalation lead to miscalculation," Carter told Sky News.
Asked if that meant there was a genuine threat of another world war, Carter replied: "I'm saying it's a risk and we need to be conscious of those risks."
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In an interview with Sky News, the UK's Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Nick Carter has warned that the global economic meltdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to new security threats which, in turn, may spark a new world war.
ReplyDeleteHe argued in the Sunday interview that people across the globe are "living at a moment in time where the world is a very uncertain and anxious place", adding that he thinks "the real risk we have, with quite a lot of regional conflicts that are going on at the moment, is you could see escalation lead to miscalculation and that is a thing I think we have to guard against".
The general described an escalation as something that means that more people and weaponry “perhaps get involved and before you can contain it, it leads the sides ending up in a full-blown war”.
Carter recalled that escalation was in place before both world wars last century and that it resulted in a "miscalculation which ultimately led to war at a scale we would hopefully never see again".
El jefe del Estado Mayor de la Defensa británica, el general Nick Carter, advirtió de los riesgos globales que plantea la actualidad, en particular, la pandemia del coronavirus, en una entrevista con Sky News, dedicada al Día del Recuerdo que se celebra este 8 de noviembre en el Reino Unido.
ReplyDeleteEl militar destacó que las crisis económicas del pasado ya habían dado lugar a crisis de seguridad, y expresó su preocupación de que ese hecho se repitiera en el contexto de los daños que la pandemia había causado a la economía mundial.
Carter señaló que, dados los numerosos conflictos regionales en el mundo, existe un riesgo real de que "un error de cálculo" tenga graves consecuencias.
"Creo que el riesgo real que tenemos, con muchos conflictos regionales que están ocurriendo en este momento, es que la escalada lleve a un error de cálculo y eso es algo contra lo que creo que tenemos que protegernos".
El general explicó que los protagonistas de los conflictos regionales a menudo "no se dan cuenta de las implicaciones de sus acciones", que pueden conducir a una escalada, lo que significa que se involucra más gente y armamento y "antes de que uno pueda contenerlo", acaba en "una guerra total".