Why Britain needs to be ready for war by 2027 – with The Economist's Shashank Joshi

The Bunker

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🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Britain’s new army chief recently said Britain must be ready for war in three years. Where are the biggest threats coming from, what are our current weaknesses, and how can we best prepare? To find out, Gavin Esler speaks to the Economist’s defence editor Shashank Joshi. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Produced by Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.0	Hello and welcome to the bunker. I'm Gavin Isler.
0:44.0	At the risk of scaring everyone witless, are we on the brink of World War III?
0:49.0	Back in January, Grant Shapps, the then British Defence Secretary, are seventh since 2010 by the way,
0:55.2	suggested we've gone from being a post-war society to a pre-war society.
1:00.8	Russia, China, North Korea and Iran were named as belligerent autocratic states.
1:05.8	We were instructed that along with their proxies, comrades, our allies, including
1:09.6	the Hutis in Yemen, they're threatening Britain and the West.
1:14.0	Shapp's comments were then echoed by the new head of the British Army, General Sir
1:18.1	Rowley Walker.
1:19.4	He warned against a range of threats in what he called an increasingly volatile world.
1:24.8	Within NATO, others have also insisted that we must spend more on defense and potentially
1:29.3	consider conscription.
1:31.6	Now we have another new defense secretary and a new labor government. So are we right to be worried
1:36.5	about World War 3 or at least significant conflicts in different parts of the globe affecting
1:41.4	our interests, livelihoods and even our lives? Or are of the
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