Why today’s ‘unravelled’ international order echoes the lead-up to World War I

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A former White House adviser has warned that the current global political landscape shows alarming similarities to pre-World War I conditions. The remarks underline concerns about rising tensions and instability in international relations, reminiscent of past conflicts.

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 environment,” said Thomas Wright, who served as senior director for strategic planning at the US National Security Council in the Joe Biden administration. “A familiar pattern is taking shape,” Wright said on Wednesday at an...