“Ukraine, Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula are three places where developments could provoke a military conflict involving the world’s leading powers,” he wrote on Telegram.
At the same time, Pushkov called the Ukrainian crisis the main catalyst for a possible military clash of world powers over the policies pursued by Washington and NATO.
Earlier, security expert Robert Farley wrote in an article for 19FortyFive that by 2023 the likelihood of a new world war had increased, and various conflicts taking place in the world could become its cause.