World War Three, by Mistake
The shift back toward nationalism guarantees substantial new military conflicts will arise in the next few decades. The only question is how serious they&#x27;ll be, not whether they&#x27;ll happen. Nationalism vs globalism will come and go in cycles; we&#x27;ve been rapidly heading into an obvious nationalism cycle. That will see the raising of barriers, both physically and communication-wise between nations, increasing the odds of misunderstanding. The Eurozone is almost guaranteed to dissolve and it&#x27;s likely the EU will struggle to retain its former scope. Russia and China will be more aggressive about annexing territory as the US pulls back from its formerly over-extended global military reach. The net result will be increased security fears and chaos for most other nations (not to mention greater military expenditures, which will damage most European welfare states and push Japan to the edge financially). The increase in nationalism is also guaranteed to result in a few new nuclear powers being born out of security fear (Brazil, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are three candidates).