With Israel in war with Iran and both countries attacking one another with missiles, drones and fighter jets, there doesn't seem to be a thought of ceasefire by either warring nation while their primary goal seems to be absolute chaos, confusion and destruction in the middle east. Now worrying it seems that now the world's cop America is thought to be considering entering the war to actively support Isreal. The million dollar question is, is the world on the brink of third big war which will consequently destroy many countries of the world? It is strange and childish that tiny sized pigmy book national Pakistan may provide support to Iran on this war and this will spell disaster for Pakistan. Donald Trump left the G20 meeting in Canada and has since left back for America amid building tensions and war between Isreal and Iran and has called for a ceasefire in on Iran.
All of this might bring on world war, which could spell doom for humanity. The Isreal-Iran conflict has the potential to drag in great power rivals, with an increasing number of Americans and Europeans believing this conflict will flare up into decades-long war in the next 10 years. The majority of American citizens are against America joining the war, and Trump will have to bring the Republican party along before he does anything if he is going to jump right into the war. As it stands now - there is political consensus about going into the Isreal-Iran war, the majority of American citizens are against the US being involved in either war, and big war is not in the interest of any country - especially America - therefore the US should stay away from war in general and pressure the warring nations to come to an immediate ceasefire. The Isreal-Iran should copy the example of India-Pakistan and have a ceasefire, and end the conflict. If not, the escalation of war will turn this into world war, and will be nothing short of doom for the world. The similarities between the period just before the start of the Second World War and today has led several to predict that we are at the edge of another world war.
Middle East - A ceasefire was hoped to be a reset for the Middle East in January by the fighting that began with Hamas deadly attack in October 2023 on Isreal and the invasion of Gaza, came with a weakening of Hezbollah in Lebanon and expected fall of the Assad regime in Syria. What some thought could possibly be the beginning of a long process of de-escalation in the region turned out to be a short break in hostilities, with further fighting in Gaza resulting in further ramping up of tensions - this time against Iran. The decades-long concern over Iran's nuclear program exploded when Isreal launched a massive pre-emptive attack against nuclear and military sites, as well as key members of the Iranian regime. Iran referred to Isreal's attacks as a "declaration of war", and Isreal's efforts have been denounced by Russia and China, both of whom have been evasive in their response with only verbal condemnation.
As it stands, there is ‘’no question of the Israelis deploying their nuclear weapons, and not much chance of the Americans engaging directly against Iranian territory or its forces’’, said The Independent’s Sean O’Grady. ’’ Things could still escalate –but it would need something dramatic to occur, such as the Russians and North Koreans gifting Iran a nuclear weapon and a missile delivery system to take it so far as Israel. Or America bombing Tehran or the holy sites.’’ At such a point, we could again contemplate how the great powers and their satellites might line up in a total war.’’
Russia - Donald Trump ran for re-election last year promising he would quickly resolve the war in Ukraine and has, since taking the White House, dangled the threat of the war morphing into World War three to get both parties to the negotiating table, But, after months of arm twisting, flattery and diplomacy it seems not much has changed. Following a huge and very embarrassing breach of Russia’s defence in a recent drone strike by Ukraine that destroyed a number of warplanes and bombers, Putin will be wishing to take advantage of the current unrest with Israel and Iran. The fear of global crisis may also provide a pretext to mobilize even more men and escalate the war, That is the opinion of Russian General Apti Alaudinov, who took to Telegram and stated it is time to mobilize "realistically one million people", and "start getting them used to the idea that the war has already begun, which we know it has - World War three." He further claimed it is important to remind the world that Russia has a vast nuclear capacity, so no one has the audacity to play with us the way MOST did - it is only proper.
China - It has long been thought that the biggest danger to geopolitical stability is growing tension between China and the US which could force other countries to take sides with either superpower. The risk pushing the world. ''To ''the brink of a third world war'' as the Strait Times reported. Politicians, military chiefs and business leaders ''can no longer afford to ignore the prospect of a full-scale invasion'' the Daily Mail stated. In that situation, the US - Taiwan's most powerful protector - could be forced to respond in its defence. It would shake the foundations of the world as we know it and could most probably and bring about a Third World War.
North Korea - Kim Jong Un has “concentrated in modernising his nuclear and missile inventory,’’ quoted Sky News, since 2019. For more than 50 years America’s nuclear umbrella functions as a global deterrent, but no longer stable. Allies of the US have witnessed first-hand President Trump withdraw military aid for Ukraine, and are reacting by increasing their ignorable defence capabilities, for South Korea these include “homegrown nuclear weapons.” In summary, the current war between Israel and Iraq may escalate, resulting in World war three. Yet the super powers can, and must exert and utilise their influence to prevent world war.
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