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A World in Flames – Part 9

What happens when the world does not collapse through one great war, but through many smaller fires that no one can extinguish?
In the final part of the series “Europe Prepares for War”, Michael Hollister examines a scenario built not on fantasy, but on existing fault lines: Korea, Taiwan, India and Pakistan, Iran and Israel, Turkey and Greece, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Myanmar, the South China Sea, and Africa.
Until now, many of these conflicts have been contained by great powers - through pressure, mediation, deterrence, or military presence. But what happens when the United States, China, and Russia are all tied down by their own major conflicts? A global power vacuum emerges. And in power vacuums, states rarely act according to morality. They act according to opportunity.

What Washington Is Hiding – and Why

On March 18, 2026, the U.S. Intelligence Community released its Annual Threat Assessment - the official threat picture compiled by all 16 American intelligence agencies. 34 pages, every major conflict region covered, clear assessments on Iran, China, Russia. And yet the document is silent on developments that by any geopolitical logic should be there:

OPERATION PIVOT

A president who openly discards international law. Four global fronts. And a final attempt to save American hegemony.
“Operation Pivot” reveals why Trump’s actions are not chaos, but a ruthless strategy: oil, chokepoints, de-dollarization – and a world order collapsing in real time.

Venezuela: Breaking Democracy

The abduction of a sitting president, the seizure of oil tankers on the high seas, and the open violation of the UN Charter mark a historic rupture in international norms. Venezuela is not an isolated case—it is a blueprint. This article examines how power has replaced law, why the “rules-based order” no longer protects smaller states, and what this precedent means for global security in an emerging post-legal world order.

Thailand: The Frontline Nobody’s Watching

Thailand is no longer on the periphery of the emerging world order – it stands at its center. As great powers reposition across the Pacific, Southeast Asia is becoming the strategic pre-war zone of a potential global conflict. This analysis explains why infrastructure, trade routes, and digital dependencies have become instruments of war – and why Thailand risks shifting from mediator to geopolitical fault line.