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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Prediction on the risk of war made by the head of the British armed forces. He warned about the uncertainty and global anxiety due to the economic crisis amid the still outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19).
In an interview, Britain’s Chief of Defense Staff Nick Carter said there was growing tension in the region. Misjudgment can lead to widespread conflict.
“I think we live in a time when the world is a very uncertain and restless place,” he said in an interview on Remembrance Sunday, an annual memorial to those killed and wounded in the conflict, in Sky News quoted Reuters Wednesday (11/11/2020).
“The dynamics of global competition is also a feature of our lives and I think the real risk that we have with a lot of regional conflicts right now, can you see the escalation that leads to miscalculations?”
He also emphasized that there is a real threat of war in other parts of the world. According to him, there are risks and you have to be aware of them.
“If you forget about the horrors of war, then the big risk, in my opinion, is that people might think that going to war is natural,” he said.
“We have to remember that history may not repeat itself, but it has a rhythm, and if you look back to the last century, before the two world wars, I think it cannot be denied that there was an escalation that led to miscalculations. that eventually led to war … hopefully it doesn’t happen. “
Meanwhile, in various regions of the world, conflicts still occur. In Asia, for example, the situation is heating up in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
This involves two of the world’s superpowers, the United States (US) and China. The United States makes China warm by selling arms to Taiwan, where Beijing has always considered Beijing part of its territory even though it has declared its independence.
Meanwhile, in the South China Sea, China and the US are tense over Xi Jinping’s claim on 90% of the country. The United States enters and patrols under the guise of freedom of navigation and protects allies, including the Philippines.
Nor is it expected that Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s victory over incumbent Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential election (Pilpres) on November 3 will make the situation liquid. Quotation South China morning post the tension will probably remain the same.
In his campaign, Biden frequently criticized Beijing for its actions in Hong Kong. He called his policies towards the Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region “uncivilized” and called Xi a “bully.”
In a debate at the Democratic presidential candidate’s convention, Biden said he had told Xi that the United States would oppose China’s no-fly zone in the South China Sea. Instead, he said “we went through it with the B-1 bomber.”
Beijing has not officially congratulated Biden on his victory. China’s Foreign Ministry provided mostly vague responses at daily briefings on Monday, saying they expected the new government to work in the same direction as us in the future.
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