President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a far more unstable world than the one he left President Joe Biden just four years ago. The war between Russia and Ukraine continues to grind on, escalating at the behest of the Biden administration. The situation in the Middle East, with the fall of the Assad government in Syria, only becomes more precarious by the day.
While the experts in Washington will never say we’re already in the midst of World War III, these conflicts span two continents and are deeply intertwined. But if World War III does come, these years will be remembered as its opening phase. This week on “The Signal Sitdown,” I discuss these conflicts and more with Kelley Vlahos, editorial director at Responsible Statecraft.
“Once you make your adversary the devil, it’s hard to say, ‘Well, let’s sit down and talk with the devil,’” Vlahos said of…
