The popular image of a world war is sudden catastrophe, mass mobilization, and unmistakable collapse. That is not what we see today. However, the world is in a great power competition, a distributed struggle for influence, security, and control of critical resources. World War III is not looming. It is underway right now. 

It is hard to determine an exact moment when this comprehensive conflict began, but it took shape sometime around the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of China as the major global competitor of the United States.

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The kinetic conflict is visible in interconnected wars. The war involving Iran has drawn in the Gulf region and rippled into Europe through energy markets and security concerns. Pressure points involving Azerbaijan, Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus add strain across Europe, which is already dealing with Russia’s war in Ukraine. In the Western Hemisphere, Venezuela is a focal point for oil and mineral reserves. Somaliland could serve as a counterweight to Chinese and Russian influence in Africa.

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