ET GBS 2017:
By ET Bureau | Mar 28,
2017, 11.03 AM IST
NEW
DELHI: The US could face a graver terrorist attack than that of 9/11 and needs
to be prepared for a set of challenges arising from increasingly assertive
China and Russia, nuclear proliferation by nations like North Korea and Iran
and a weakened US military, said former US vice president Dick Cheney in an
incisive overview on America under Donald Trump.
“One of my big concerns is that there will be
another major attack. But next time they will not use airline tickets and box
cutters, they will use something far deadlier,” said Cheney, who was in office
when the 9/11 attacks took place during the George W Bush administration.
We have
to be concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and all kinds of
weapons of mass destruction. That they can fall in the hands of terrorist
organisations is a matter of great concern.”
He also said that some would describe Russian
attempts to influence US elections as an “act of war”, in his address at The
Economic Times Global Business Summit on Monday.
We have
to be concerned about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and all kinds of
weapons of mass destruction. That they can fall in the hands of terrorist
organisations is a matter of great concern.”
He also said that some would describe Russian
attempts to influence US elections as an “act of war”, in his address at The
Economic Times Global Business Summit on Monday.
The
world is facing its most complex set of threats since the end of World War II
and one of the Donald Trump administration’s biggest challenges will be to
allocate more funds for the military, Cheney said. He also expressed concern
about globalisation and trade being hit due to the current security scenario.
“I personally believe that
this is one of the most challenging security situations, the most complicated
group of threats that we have seen since end of World War II,” he said. Expressing concern that rising
threats have come at a time when the US military is at a “diminished level”,
Cheney made a case for the Trump administration to allocate more funds for
modernisation.
“It is very clear that the consequences from the
eight-year Obama administrations have been devastating to the US military. It
will be extremely important going forward, it will be a huge challenge for the
Trump administration to find ways to reverse those trends and rebuild military
so that we can achieve the set of relationships that we enjoyed with our allies
and adversaries,” Cheney said.
He also spoke about China as a threat to global
security. “China is very active in South China Sea, claiming territory and
building military bases where there were none before. And, I think aggressively
presenting themselves throughout Asia,” he said.
Cheney reserved his strongest comments for North Korea and
Iran, suggesting that the two nations have been working together on nuclear
weapons.
“The possibilities of trouble from that quarter
are almost unlimited. It is a subject that is very much on our minds,” he
added.
Cheney concluded by saying that in the coming
months, the debate and discussion around globalisation would increasingly
revolve around the global security situation that have been complicated by a
diverse set of threats.
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