BENGALURU: “The possibility of a Third World War is no longer remote but increasingly plausible,” said former national security adviser M K Narayanan at a round table discussion during the release of its ‘Global Futures 2035’ report by the Bengaluru-based Synergia Foundation on Friday.

Narayanan attributed this to a combination of facts—technological militarisation, cyber warfare and the erosion of restraint among major powers. While reflecting on the turbulence of the global order, Narayanan advocated the revival of non-alignment as a credible framework in a fractured world order.

He had earlier said that India missed a chance to split western Pakistan after the 1965 and 1971 wars, and it could be difficult to deal with terrorism without dealing with Pakistan.

The round table brought t

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