War!?!?!?!?!?
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Sadly, World War III failed to break out in 2017, and spare us all of this miserable nonsense. Here are some hopeful thoughts on how World War III might break out in 2018:
The world has managed to make it through most of 2017 without the return of cataclysmic, great power conflict. In some parts of the world (most notably Syria) tensions have declined significantly. In others, already difficult situations have grown even more tense. Here are five crises that could lead to great power conflict over the course of 2018.