The Start of WW3 + Other Headlines

Tuesday Digest (12.17.24)

Is World War III Already Underway?

An essay this weekend in the Wall Street Journal by its chief foreign-affairs correspondent asks an attention-getting question: Has World War III already begun?

The link is hidden behind a paywall, but I’ll be glad to summarize it for you. It explores the emerging “Axis of Autocracies” made up of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, which are cooperating in opposition to the rest of the Western-led world.

These nations are connected by strategic interests and grievances against the United States and Europe, and continue to coordinate militarily, economically and politically as a challenge to everyone else.