In an article posted to the Indian publication India Today on Jan. 23, Sundeep Waslekar, President of the “Strategic Foresight Group” think tank and an Indian intellectual involved in global peace efforts, warned of the danger that a nuclear war could be unleashed “by accident, incident, or intent,” if a diplomatic solution to the current Ukraine crisis is not found.
Waslekar presents three possible scenarios: 1) ceasefire and peace process; 2) protracted conflict; and 3) “global nuclear war.” He warns: