Defying West, China's Xi gathers 'Axis of Upheaval' at military parade
Axis of Evil
Responding to China's and Russia's Nuclear Escalation
However, 35 years since the end of the Cold War, Russia and China are expanding and modernizing their non-strategic nuclear arsenals and increasingly relying on nuclear coercion to achieve their aims. Russia has violated virtually all nuclear arms control treaties and possesses a large advantage in the number of deployed non-strategic nuclear weapons. Meanwhile China is the fastest growing nuclear power on the planet, fielding nuclear capable anti-ship and land-attack missiles, which has eroded America’s deterrent.
Has World War III Begun?
But a world war is approaching. The international order is bifurcating into ideological spheres again, with one sphere consisting of the U.S. and countries attempting to preserve gains of freedom and prosperity from the last 35 years, and another sphere consisting of countries that consider those gains to have come at their expense or endanger their domestic control.
Has WWIII already begun?
Newsweek put the question to a range of experts. This is what they said.
Nato must switch to 'wartime mindset', warns secretary general
"We are not ready for what is coming our way in four to five years," he said in his first major speech since becoming secretary general in October, urging members to "turbocharge" their defence spending.
The Axis of Evil Invades Europe | The National Interest
If the West continues to stand by while Russian and North Korean forces wage war against Ukraine without significantly increasing support for Kyiv, the result will be greater chaos and the
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Putin:
“It would mean that NATO countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia…
We will take the appropriate decisions based on the threats that we will face.”
This move raises global security concerns, intensifying fears of direct NATO-Russia confrontation.
Europeans Told to Stockpile Food in Case of War With Russia - Newsweek
Report outlines how European Union citizens should increase preparedness in case of emergencies, including Russian aggression.
Russia’s Imperial Ambitions: The Long-Term Threat to NATO | The National Interest
Once the artillery and glide bombs stop falling in Ukraine, Russia will still pose a significant threat to the West and, of course, NATO. How much of a threat depends upon how the war ends.
What Putin's general was doing in Ukraine, according to top secret report
The official warns that from Putin's vantage point, though, deep dissatisfaction with the situation in Ukraine and fear of the west turning the tide might actually provoke a nuclear display of some sort—one intended to shock the west and bring a halt to the war. The supply of western arms is also now a serious game changer, resupplying Ukraine while Russia is increasingly constrained.
"Escalation is now a true danger," says the senior official.
Putin prepared to use nuclear weapons—Khrushchev's great-granddaughter
Nina Khrushcheva said she fears Russian President Vladimir Putin will eventually deploy tactical nuclear weapons to claim victory in Ukraine.
Are we going to war with Russia?
It’s good we’re ignoring Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demands to stop aiding Ukraine. But we should grasp what that might lead to.