The British Army Chief of Staff called Russia a "serious threat" and China a "chronic challenge"
The NATO countries cannot decide in any way who exactly they consider the greatest military threat. Judgments on this matter are voiced literally every day, and they alternate between Russia and China. The NATO generals are no longer talking about the need for a joint fight against terrorism after the actual flight from Afghanistan.
General Nicholas Carter, Chief of Staff of the British Army, presented another interpretation of the "serious threat to NATO".
In his speech at a structure that speaks for itself - the Center for a New American Security - the British general described Russia as a "serious threat to Britain."
At the same time, the British general himself declares that it is time for NATO to pay more attention not to the problem of terrorism, "as it was after the end of the existence of the bipolar world," but to the problem of "constant competition." Nicholas Carter admits that the modern world has become multipolar. In fact, he refers to the fact that the United States can no longer be considered the world hegemon and the only pole of the world.
At the same time, Carter, calling Russia a "serious threat", added the following:
China today can be considered a chronic challenge. This is an ongoing challenge that we must respond to.
One of such reactions was the recent creation by Britain, the United States and Australia of a virtually new military bloc - AUKUS, which involves building up forces and assets in the Asia-Pacific region. At the same time, the creation of such an alliance caused considerable discontent among the European partners in NATO, especially France.
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