World war in the 2030s.

The chess pieces are being set up, as the great powers find themselves inching towards a dead-end.

Many indicators point towards a mega war in the coming decade.

1) The instigation of the trade war between the US and China seems akin to Thucydides’s Trap, where the rising power (China) threatens the established order and the hegemony of the established power (the US). In such a situation, a kinetic conflict becomes likely.

2) Both sides realize, and hint towards, an inevitable war in the next 5-10 years. From China’s leadership instructing its military for a possible war in the South China Sea within the next decade to the US Secretary of State admitting that “America won't be able to sanction after 5 years”, it seems that the trade war is only the precursor to total war.

3) For the outsider, it seems rather puzzling why the Western, and particularly the European elites, have invested so much into the Ukrainian war effort and have essentially pushed its economies into recession. However, a total Russian victory in Ukraine will almost certainly reverse the trend of the encirclement of Russia, since the fall of the USSR. From the European standpoint, a defeat in Ukraine will allow Russia to define the security framework in Europe in the foreseeable future a scenario that will put the current Altanticit neoliberal order to rest. Perhaps this is why, in the last 3 years, we have seen European decision-makers insinuating towards a war in Europe, in the late 2020s and early 2030s.

4) India is the counter-balance to China, so in times to come, one is likely to see greater collaborations between the US and India, especially in the realm of defense technology. The current Indian ruling party is quite unambiguous about its intentions to capture Pakistani Administered Kashmir, as it will not only cut China’s flagship CPEC project but will also present an opportunity to engage China on a second front: one in the South China Sea and a second in the Kashmir and Ladakh region. The disparate Chinese and Indian interests in this region could spark a war, which could eventually spiral into an entire front of a potential world war.

5) Last but not least is the holy land. The eschatological pointers also warrant a separate article for this region, but the general theme here could be a decisive battle between global Zionism and Islam. However, before that point, we’re likely to see a convergence of the Western powers on one side and the Islamic world on the other.