The air war between Israel and Iran is a new context in which the world is on the brink of a new world war, which we call World War III.
In an address to the United Nations Security Council on Friday, Antonio Guterres made an urgent plea for a de-escalation in the war and warned that the escalation of the conflict could ignite a fire that no one can control.
Sean O’Grady, an analyst, told the Week that the current situation in the Middle East resembles the start of World War I in 1914.
The analyst said that the October 7 attack by Hamas was similar to the events that took place in Sarajevo, Bosnia, in July 1914. That spark ignited a global conflict.
The Atlantic Council, meanwhile, argues that the current picture of “war in Europe as well as in the Middle East” and “increasing cooperation between China, Russia, North Korea and Iran” all raise the prospect of a full-scale conflict.
Middle East
The violence that erupted in 2023 by militant groups against Israel prompted Israel to invade Gaza, then suddenly emerge as a new regime in Syria, and gradually spread to Iran and Israel due to decades of concerns over its nuclear program.
Iran has now called the attack a “declaration of war,” and Israel’s actions have been condemned by Russia. and China, and in addition to that, there is Pakistan, which is a state with nuclear warheads in its hands.
An Iranian general claimed that Pakistan would retaliate with a nuclear attack on Israel if Israel allowed a nuclear attack on Iran, and if so, India would also be able to respond.
Analysts also said that in the event that the United States intervenes in the war There will also be possible interference by Russia and China, as well as North Korea. So this is the journey that is claimed to stand on the path to a new war that the world has lived in peace for 80 years.
Russia-Ukraine
Donald Trump spoke last year with a promise to end the war in Ukraine quickly, and since entering the White House, he has done so using every tactic, including threatening to bring both sides to the negotiating table, but diplomacy, intimidation, And months of insults seem to have made little progress.
The Guardian reported that although Russia’s war in Ukraine does not involve the use of nuclear weapons, the nature of the war seems to have reached the borders of the war between Russia and Ukraine now.
China, North Korea and Iran all support Russia If not military, then economic, this action is a threat to the outbreak of a new world war.
If Russia takes military action against any NATO member state, it will force its military allies to move towards all kinds of conflict. In that scenario, Russia could call on its allies to join the global war.
China
It has long been assumed that the greatest threat to geopolitical stability is rising tensions between China and the United States, which could force other countries to align with the two superpowers. In this situation, the Straits Times reported, this is a situation that presents a risk of pushing the world to the brink of World War III.
Apart from the trade war, the Taiwan issue is also a potential starting point for a wider war. Beijing now sees the island nation as an integral part of China.
In recent months, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been conducting live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, the BBC reported, which is seen as “a rehearsal for a real blockade that could occur in a future attempt to overthrow the government in Taipei.”
