Now the world is quite accurately reproducing the scenario of the 1930s, which led to a world war, but it can still be prevented, or at least better prepared for it.

The United States should view the current situation in the world as a prologue to the outbreak of World War III and use the available time to prepare for it. But a global war can still be prevented, and it will cost much less than inevitable participation in it. Bloomberg writes about this, drawing parallels between modern times and the 1930s.

The publication notes that today Russia, China, North Korea and Iran have created an informal bloc of authoritarian states, helping each other with technologies and resources. Having such a reliable “rear” in each other, these authoritarian states began to “persistently explore” the surrounding regions.

If they manage to overload the international security system by creating many challenges in different regions, the United States will no longer be able to respond to all such crises. As Bloomberg notes, the goal of Washington’s policy should be to prevent a world war, which could happen again if Europe, the Middle East and Asia are simultaneously engulfed in conflict.

Now many Americans, especially supporters of isolationism, think that military assistance to Ukraine and Israel is expensive and generally depletes the military potential of the United States itself. However, the experience of World War II shows the opposite. Bloomberg notes that British military assistance made it possible to significantly increase military production in the United States even before America itself entered the war.

And vice versa, America’s self-isolation will not only leave it unprepared for a big war, but will also bring this war closer and make it possible. Past experience testifies to this.

“The US abstention created a cascading commitment problem: the fact that Britain and France could not count on American support led them to abandon their opposition to Hitler in 1938, when they might have won if war had resulted. (…) Washington was not a major player in Europe and East Asia as the forces of revisionism gained momentum before World War II, and that was the problem,” writes Bloomberg.

As the publication notes, Americans should understand that it is cheaper to maintain a favorable world order than to restore one that has been destroyed.

“Aid to Ukraine – equivalent to about 5% of the US defense budget – may seem expensive. But would it be cheaper to see Ukraine fail and then face a vengeful, mobilized Russia in NATO’s east? In Asia, investment in the military capabilities and coalition building needed to maintain status -quo are significant. But will it be easier to rein in China once it seizes Taiwan and casts its considerable shadow over the Western Pacific?” – the authors of the publication ask.

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As wrote, the United States must act against North Korea before it is too late, because its leader Kim Jong-un is looking for war. It is dangerous to believe that this is absurd, as the world once naively thought about Putin, journalists from The New York Times write.

We also told you that, according to an analysis by German intelligence services, Moscow could double its military power over the next five years and attack NATO countries in the near future. Moscow is already preparing for a fundamental conflict with the West, as evidenced by the restructuring of the army, the movement of troops and the deployment of missiles in the west of the country.