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UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has said that the world has moved from the post-war to the pre-war era, urging NATO allies to think about the alliance's future.
"Today we must give urgent thought once again to the Alliance’s future. We have moved from a post-war to a pre-war world," he said.
Shapps listed measures to protect democracy and the alliance, including redoubling efforts to support Ukraine, increasing defense spending by NATO members and strengthening the Euro-Atlantic defense sector. The situation where some allies are unable to spend 2% of GDP on defense can no longer continue because NATO "can’t afford to play Russian roulette with our future."
Among other things, the defense secretary said that the plot of George Orwell's famous dystopian novel "1984" took place in a world without NATO, but today is an even more dangerous time.
Shapps also said that the UK "has always been a prime mover in Nato" and is proud of it.
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