BBC：, 第三次世/界大战模拟

　　Following t\he crisis ^in Ukr, aine a_nd Russia’s involvement in Syria, the world is closer t[(o s@uper power ^ co?@nfrontat=@/ion! ]than at a^;
ny time sinc#=e th]e end_([ o ?_f  the C!old W:=a @r+.` N
_ow a com)m=ittee of seni_or former ^ British milit /\ary and diploma %tic figures comes- t!@ogether to war ga `me a hypo(thetical ‘hot war’ in Easte(rn %+;Eur/^ope, includi*ng `-(the unt/\hinkable - n!
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le+ar confront,.
[ation.　　_;The` War Ro:om faces a sce+=,nar*?io that has% ,,haunted w_@estern st;]rategists since civil w.ar brok_%]e [out *.]in Ukra%ine:%+ p@otential .Rus-sian mi/-lita?ry involvement in the .(Ba,lti-c St_ates of Latvia and Estonia. Li* ke Ukra%[ine t(?hese  -`coun?+tri^)es h,^ave  sizable %_ .Russi#an speaki ng mino^(riti[;e*s, but un;* like Uk,..$raine they are m!@embers of NATO, wh]ose fo@%]-und
i?ng treaty stat\`es that an attack!#

*^on one ally is an att/ack :on a:;%ll ?
of them.^] Because :(of this*)#, weste]rn analysts r`* egularly w!a?r game a$\@ @-situation where Russia seeks to e=%xp-+\loit ethnic ten **sions`\*` ?in the^% Bal,
;tic a[[nd test the s:trength of the NAT?
O^[ _!Al:/liance.