The 2018 annual Munich Security Report cited growing pressure on nuclear disarmament treaties and ongoing security concerns in eastern and central Europe as a cause for concern, and most worryingly the erosion of arms control agreements. ‘Deployment of additional weapons and tensions over military exercises has increased the risk of an inadvertent armed clash’, the report warns. ‘In this dire state of affairs, miscalculations and misunderstandings could lead to unintended military clashes. The Ukraine conflict was a stumbling block to de-escalation of tensions between Russia and the West.’ America’s decision to provide lethal arms to Ukraine would cement the current stalemate as countries in eastern Europe struggle in an environment of contested security, with the EU and NATO on one side and Russia on the other, at a time when the EU's Eastern partnership policy has ‘lost its steam’.
Increased risk of war, warns report
Written by David Fletcher 09 Feb 2018Additional Info
- Pray: for God to end the speculation of European leaders and inspire them to repair the cracks in relationships and face the challenges highlighted in the report with Godly wisdom. (Psalm 2:10b,11)
- More: www.express.co.uk/news/world/916010/russia-war-europe-ukraine-vladimir-putin
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