The year is 2020 and civilisation is on the verge of a Third World War. Will the Russian invasion of the Arctic trigger the military response called for in the NATO treaty? Will the simultaneous Chinese cyber-attack on the Pentagon cripple the world's biggest military machine? Who's arming the refugees in the migrant camps on the shores of the Mediterranean? What's happening in space? From cyber security to weapons technology, from economics to robotics, from geopolitics to undercover operations, 2020: WORLD OF WAR will offer us a compelling account of the shape our world will take in the future. Told through a number of gripping scenarios, all reality-based, all using the authors' experience and inside knowledge of the way the world works, whether inside the Pentagon or on the front line of international conflict, this book is a must for everyone who wants to understand what our future looks like.

Author Biography

Paul Cornish (Author) Paul Cornish was educated at the University of St. Andrews and the London School of Economics. He then served in the British Army (Royal Tank Regiment) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office before completing his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. He is currently research group director for Defence, Security & Infrastructure at RAND Europe in Cambridge. Kingsley Donaldson (Author) Kingsley Donaldson is a retired Army officer. He read Irish Studies at Queens University Belfast, majoring on Irish history and politics and the development of terrorism in Northern Ireland. He has served on operations in a number of European and Middle Eastern countries in various roles that span from countering weapons of mass destruction through to negotiating with armed groups in Iraq. He is the Director of the Causeway Institute for Peace-building Conflict Resolution International.