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Former White House adviser warns current global order echoes pre-WWI dangerous conditions

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A former senior adviser to the White House, Thomas Wright, has warned that the current international landscape bears a striking resemblance to the period preceding World War I. He cited the rise of China, uncertainty in global power balances, and accelerating arms development as key factors contributing to this dangerous pre-war environment. Wright suggested that decision-makers today exhibit a similar psychological climate to that seen before the first World War, potentially increasing the likelihood of risk-taking and conflict. AI

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Former White House adviser warns current global order echoes pre-WWI dangerous conditions

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Orange Wang ·

    Why today’s ‘unravelled’ international order echoes the lead-up to WWI

    The “unravelled” post-Cold War international order has created conditions that appear to mirror those preceding a great-power conflict, a former senior adviser to the White House has warned. “The international landscape … [is] beginning to look uncomfortably like a pre-war enviro…

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