I follow Ian Bremmer, he is the president of Eursia Group (a very influential think tank) and GZERO media. He had accurately predicted in early to mid 2023 I think, that by 2024 there would be another global conflict and on October 7th he was proven right.
I fully expect more conflicts to occur and potentially even Operation Iranian freedom to become a major talking point soon.
Also, anyone with half a brain can predict there's going to be an eruption of tension. Although, thus far "the cold war really resuming, not like the false starts in 2008 or 2011" is a way more accurate way to describe things than "prelude to WWIII."
The only difference is that now that China is the major power and Russia is more the secondary power, Asia looks a little different.
