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Whoops, apocalypse! Why five conflicts could become one world war | Opinion

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Whoops, apocalypse! Why five conflicts could become one world war | Opinion

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  • currentsapi-gapfill(Mixed)By Dan Perry

    The war between the United States and Iran began as a regional confrontation with global economic consequences. It could remain that way, but the situation also contains a far darker possibility: as in 1914, a series of individually rational decisions by world powers could lead t…

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