Lithuania’s former defense minister warned that Europe and the Indo-Pacific region could face simultaneous security crises involving China and Russia, citing similarities between threats in the Baltic Sea and the South China Sea.
Dovile Šakalienė said on Tuesday that threats to undersea cables and pipelines, online systems, and maritime security were no longer confined to individual regions. She called for closer cooperation between European and Asian countries on intelligence sharing, military exercises, and defense production.
“This is already becoming one war on two front lines,” she told a panel at the Warsaw Security Forum.
Lithuania, a NATO member bordering Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave and Belarus, has expanded defense ties with Japan and the Philippines, including joint cyber exercises, military training, and cooperation on maritime security….
Former Lithuanian Defense Chief Warns of Simultaneous China, Russia Threats to Europe, Pacific
