Will the Russia-Ukraine war escalate into a global conflict?

Matthew Savill, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute, said he could see a path where a third world war broke out but “we are a little way off it yet”. He did not believe the axis had a “secret evil master plan” to take on the West, but they were working in parallel towards the same objective — to destabilise the West... If you act as though you are the world’s policeman and the problems stack up, they become connected. They [the West] are now having to make serious prioritisation decisions.”