Christian Orr
-Today, five flashpoints could drag nuclear-armed powers into a global war as soon as 2026: Russia’s grinding campaign in Eastern Europe, a Chinese move on Taiwan and the South China Sea, a still-unfinished Korean War on a nuclear peninsula, Iran’s collision course with Israel, and the volatile India–Pakistan rivalry in South Asia.
-Each theater is now wired into great-power competition—meaning a miscalculation in any one of them could light the fuse for everyone.
World War III in 2026? These 5 Flashpoints Should Worry Washington
Throughout the Cold War, it was commonly envisioned that World War III would break out in Eastern Europe, as dramatically depicted in bestselling novels such as “The Third World War: August 1985” (published in 1980) by the late General Sir John Winthrop “Shan” Hackett and “Red Storm Rising” (published in 1986) by the late Tom Clancy, as well as nuclear apocalyptic movies such as “The Day After” and “Threads.”
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