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That's beside the point. WW2, like all other world wars numbered or not, was made a world war by colonies. Without them they would be regional wars. World wars require worldwide belligerents.

I'm curious why you think colonial empires were not involved in the extent of those wars.

Get rid of MAD and world wars aren't the end of the world. World Wars in a post-colonial worlds are unlikely in any case. The only action outside Europe and the North Atlantic in WWI involved colonial possessions or ships traveling to or from colonial possessions. No one has those anymore...

I'm not English, but Dr. Clarke's proposal sounds to me like a good idea for the navy. (Youtube link) I'm not sure if it's a 3% of GDP navy or not, but it's a start and probably mostly adequate. As I judge things England's real enemy is China. China's pretty much hostis humanity generis at...