The increase in hostilities worldwide in recent years has forced us to take measures almost unprecedented in the last century due to the dizzying escalation of tension that has taken place. in countries like Ukraine, with the Russian invasion, Israel, Iran or China and Taiwan.
Obviously, not all of them have the same category at the war level, but they are all of concern. largely to the large international organizations for the development that may occur in the coming months and years, and what may be the consequences of a miscalculated move by some actor.
This is one of the biggest concerns for NATO, since the countries of the Alliance have seen episodes occur that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago: sabotage of vital cables, nuclear threats, causing fires in key and very specific places, and a long etcetera.
Given this panorama, there are many voices that wonder what could happen if Russia took a step further and took a more dangerous path in the conflict with Ukraine. One of these voices is that of Appathurai, charged with overseeing NATO strategy, tracking and trying to contain the outbreak definitively a total conflict on a global scale, the result of an unconventional attack by Moscow.
Appathurai maintained that it is fundamental contain Russian aspirations and temptations regarding a possible hybrid or nuclear attackand that would force NATO to invoke Article 5 of the Alliance, and in this way force all member countries to fully enter into a conflict that none of the protagonists should want.
For all this, Appathuari believes that the 32 members of NATO should be prepared for any scenario that may involve a Russian hybrid attack, something that he highlights is getting closer. in Europe, the US and Canada, and that five years ago would have been “totally unacceptable”.
Given the possibility of an attack of these characteristics, the diplomat affirms that “theWhat really worries me is that one of these attacks will have a big impact.” and noted that “there is a real possibility that one of these attacks will cause substantial casualties or very significant economic damage.”
Finally, and as he continually stated, Appathuari maintains that the worst case scenario would be “to be in a situation where we haven’t thought through what we’re going to do next,” he concluded.
