UK defence secretary Ben Wallace told the FT ‘the world will be a more dangerous, unstable place and defence will be more critical to our lives’ by 2030 https://t.co/jb2RQyF4JC
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 19, 2023
* Ben Wallace warned the world is facing a wider conflict by the end of the decade
* Defence Secretary pointed to risk posed by Russia, China and African jihadists
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace today warned the world is facing a wider conflict as a range of adversaries around the world - from Russia to China - pose a threat to our future safety.
Wallace said by the end of the decade, the world will be a 'more dangerous, unstable place' in his starkest warning yet that there could be a World War Three.
He warned that a 'conflict is coming', pointing to how there could be a wider conflict between NATO and Russia in the future as well as the threat posed by a 'rising China' and African extremists.
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Update: ‘Conflict is coming,’ UK defense secretary warns (RT)
WNU Editor: It looks like UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is positioning himself to get this job .... Ben Wallace says Nato top job ‘would be fantastic’ (Evening Standard).