The Israel-Hamas war, ongoing fighting in Ukraine and rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific and Africa herald ‘what is likely to be a more dangerous decade,’ a British military think-tank warned Tuesday.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in its annual ‘Military Balance’ report that the world has entered ‘a highly volatile security environment’, which is set to endure.

‘The current military-security situation heralds what is likely to be a more dangerous decade, characterised by the brazen application by some of military power to pursue claims,’ the report said.

It also noted ‘the desire among like-minded democracies for stronger bilateral and multilateral defence ties in response’.

The ‘era of insecurity’ is resetting the global defence-industrial landscape, with the US and Europe ramping up production of missiles and ammunition ‘after decades of underinvestment,’ the report added.

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