40% of international experts, World War III broke out in less than 10 years...China invades Taiwan 65%
Mar 06, 2025
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The Atlantic Council', an international affairs think tank in Washington, U.S., recently announced the results of a survey of 357 experts in international affairs around the world.
The Atlantic Council examined experts' predictions of the world in 2035, focusing on international security and global economic prosperity.
As a result, 62% of respondents expected the world to be worse than it is now 10 years from now, and only 38% predicted it to be better.
Most cited war and climate threats as causes of deterioration.
40.5 percent of the respondents predicted that by 2035, a world war involving major countries such as the United States, China, and Russia would break out.
The majority of respondents who predicted World War III said it was likely to include nuclear weapons and space wars.
In particular, 45% of respondents agreed that Russia and NATO would engage in a direct military conflict within the next 10 years. This is a significant increase compared to 29% in the same survey conducted in the previous year.
In addition, 65% predicted that China would invade Taiwan within the next decade, up from 50% the previous year.
Russia was the most likely country or organization to use nuclear weapons within a decade at 25.9%. North Korea (24.2%), terrorist groups (18.8%), Israel (12.3%), China (6.3%), and the United States (5.1%).
In the recent war between Ukraine and Russia, where there has been a movement for a ceasefire and a ceasefire, 47% of respondents predicted that it would end on generally favorable terms for Russia, 43% argued that the war would end on favorable terms for Ukraine.
In addition, 29.9% of respondents said the second biggest threat to the world in 2035 would be climate change.
1.7% said the new pandemic would be the most worrying crisis affecting the global population, while 5.1% said rising financial debt would cripple the world by 2035.
In addition, 58% of respondents predicted that artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on global problems over the next decade.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
