The UK government says the West is no longer in a post-Cold War era but in a new 'pre-war' era, with limited time left to prepare for and deter future conflicts. ” in a groundbreaking speech.
China is closely watching Western resolve in Ukraine, whether it will lose patience with the Kiev government and funding its defence, and Britain is warning its NATO ally of a major war on multiple fronts in the near future. He said he was clearly calling for the use of force to prepare for the attack.
busy At Lancaster House on Monday, British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said the West faces a “much more difficult world”, no longer considered post-war and requiring significant new investment in military spending. He said there is. He said:
… Now is the time for all our allies and democracies around the world to ensure that … we also increase defense spending. Because, as we discussed, the era of the peace dividend is over. In five years, multiple arenas could be considered, including Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
…We are at the dawn of this new era. [The] The Berlin Wall has become a distant memory, but we have come full circle from the post-war world to the pre-war world. The era of idealism has given way to the era of stubborn realism.
Mr Shapps will illustrate the actions the UK has taken to prepare for this multi-sided conflict that the UK government clearly believes is coming, and will head to Ukraine, the country this year leading the largest NATO deployment since the end of the Cold War. He cited the UK's support and the conclusion of a new agreement. Creation of the British-Japanese-Italian Fighter Alliance and the Australian-British-American Submarine Alliance. He said the government is moving to allocate 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) to defense spending as soon as it can afford it.
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Mr Shapps said that in the short term, the West “must not let Ukraine down”. Doing so would reward Putin's aggression with a victory and send a signal of weakness to the world. He said one potential adversary eyeing such signs is China, adding: “China is assessing whether the West will lose patience.”
Mr. Shapp's warnings about a coming world war and a “new era” echo very similar statements that have been rapidly coming out of various European countries in recent days. Estonia is one of Ukraine's most ardent allies and shares a land border with Russia. said through the Prime Minister on Monday. Their intelligence agencies say NATO has “three to five years” to prepare for a Russian attack on NATO itself. Sweden warned its people last week to prepare for war.
Germany reportedly thinks similarly, as does Europe's best-selling newspaper built This week, leaked war plans were revealed that envision Russia invading European countries by the summer of 2025. The plan reportedly charted a “road to conflict” that included renewed pressure for Russia to seize Kiev and manufacture a border crisis with the Baltic states. America is preoccupied with the aftermath of her 2024 presidential election.
Shapps's comments on the end of the peace dividend and the emergence of Europe's “pre-war” era are a sign that defense thinkers in Poland, one of the NATO countries most exposed to Russian expansionism, are beginning to think of Putin's “empire.” It's the same comment I made assuming fear of construction. Realize. As reported in December, Professor Katarzyna Pisalska of the Warsaw Security Forum said that “this lifestyle of welfare states and prosperity under the American protective umbrella is over,” and that Europe is “on the verge of war.” It's in,” he warned.
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The Warsaw Security Forum, led by Professor Pisarska, has previously held discussions on the end of the so-called peace dividend enjoyed by NATO countries at the end of the Cold War, when vast resources were depleted from nuclear weapons, large-scale It was used to maintain a standing army, air force, and military power. With the military reduced, the fleet was released for civilian purposes. But as Britain's War Secretary James Heapy said in October, Western countries are now supplying supplies for the shell-intensive war in Ukraine, so the low-capacity peacetime defense industry is struggling to catch up. I couldn't do it.
At the same session, Admiral Rob Bauer, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, said: Requires large quantities. The just-in-time, just-in-a-hah economy that we've built together for 30 years in liberal economics is fine for many things, but not for a military in a war going on. ”
Poland's National Security Agency Director Jacek Siewiera also spoke on these topics last year, saying that previous assessments that Europe would take 10 years to prepare to thwart further Russian aggression were hopelessly optimistic. . Sieviera said Russia, which has surprised Western observers with its ability to resupply its troops despite sanctions, could regain combat capability within three years.
He said: “In order to avoid war with Russia, each country [NATO’s] The East will have three years to prepare for a confrontation. ”
