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This could be, however, “the start of a long-term, slow-motion global confrontation between Russia and its Western neighbors, which could be complemented by conflict between China and its eastern neighbors,” Clark says. Russia can manage its operations in Ukraine to keep the conflict from escalating out of control, and the U.S., NATO and EU have reconciled themselves to not intervening militarily.” ambassador to Japan.īryan Clark, a Hudson Institute senior fellow and a former director at the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, states, “This isn’t the start of World War III, at least in terms of how previous world wars played out. That scenario is “unthinkable but not impossible,” adds Weinstein, who was former President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S.

“But if NATO is forced to invoke Article V by a Russian attack on the Baltics, Poland or other alliance members, and the Chinese move simultaneously and massively on Taiwan, while Iran launches a blistering attack on Saudi Arabia, we’d be there.”ĭemonstrators hold signs during an anti-war protest at Brandenburg Gate, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in eastern Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany Feb. “We’re far from World War III but a lot closer than we were 24 hours ago,” says Kenneth Weinstein, a Hudson Institute distinguished fellow. “This appears to be one of the beginnings of a second Cold War, which we have been seeing so many manifestations of around the globe in the recent decade,” she says. Naoko Wake, Michigan State University associate professor of history, concurs.

The answer may depend on the longevity of Putin’s regime.” “The real question is whether it’s the start of Cold War II. government on issues related to weapons of mass destruction, including proliferation, arms control and deterrence. “No, it’s not,” according to Joshua Pollack, editor of The Nonproliferation Review and a former consultant to the U.S. In the hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine - although no country has declared war on Russia - many are asking: “Is this the start of World War III?” (Polish time) Friday, September 1, when a German bombing plane dropped a projectile on Puck, a fishing village and air base in the armpit of the Hel Peninsula.”įrance and the United Kingdom, allies of Poland, had declared war on Germany on September 3.

weekly newsmagazine Time declared in its September 11, 1939, edition, “World War II began last week at 5:20 a.m. In the week after the Nazis began attacking Poland, the U.S.