What Will Trigger the Next World War? With Peter Apps
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Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet. I'm head of programming, Connor Boyle. How close are we to a New World War? And in an era shaped by great power rivalry and rapid technological change, what might trigger a wider confrontation? On today's episode, Peter Apps, global defence commentator at Reuters, joins Hannah Lucinda Smith,
journalist and foreign correspondent to discuss the themes of his new book, The Next World War, The New Age of Global Conflict and the fight to stop it. Let's join our host now, Hannah Lucinda Smith, with more. So Peter Apps, author of The Next World War, something that is being talked about a lot at the moment, a book that came out at a very uh opportune moment, I would say. Welcome to Intelligence Squared. Thank you, it's great to be here.
So your book does pretty much what it says on the tin. It looks at the potential for global conflict in the short to medium term future. And there are three kind of major arenas that you focus on. That's Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Which of those do you think is the most volatile arena currently?
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