Britain subscribed to the 'Mackinder Heartland thesis' which states that Britain must create as much chaos as possible within the Eurasian continent to prevent any major power from arising and uniting the continent through railway, because such continental unification would negate sea trade and cause Britain's economic, military, and demographic collapse.

American forces have seized a Venezuelan oil tanker and diverted it to Houston, Texas as an act of enforcement of the Monroe Doctrine, representing direct escalation in the Western Hemisphere.

European nations are considering confiscating 300-310 billion euros of Russian assets and transferring them to Ukraine, and are about to provide Ukraine with 100-110 billion euros in interest-free loans to continue the war against Russia.

Europe fears that if a peace treaty is signed, Russia will consolidate its gains in Ukraine and then use Ukrainian resources to challenge European supremacy, forcing Europe to eventually enter the war militarily.

America does not need to win the war against Iran but only needs to create as much chaos as possible to prevent the Russia-Iran-China alliance from consolidating, which is why it will escalate conflict with Iran in 2026 using Israel as its proxy.

Germany was forced to accept all guilt for causing World War I when in fact Britain had more to do with the cause of World War I than Germany did, based on Britain's application of the Mackinder Heartland thesis.

China has been investing heavily in South America, building roads and infrastructure, and building a mega port in Peru to facilitate trade, while South America has been very receptive to Chinese investment, but America is now using its sea power to disrupt this global trade to prevent China from rising.

Iran is the pivot and center of the world because all major trade alliances (EMAC, North-South corridor, Belt and Road) run through Iran, making Iran the key strategic location for the emerging Eurasian continental system.

America cannot afford for the Russia-Iran-China alliance to consolidate and manifest because it would lose trade access in the Eurasian continent, allowing China, Russia and Iran to trade amongst themselves and provide energy, food, and manufactured goods to the Middle East, Africa, and Europe while America is left with debt.

Jang hopes he is wrong about World War III predictions and would rather come back a year from now to admit error and spend time with his children than be correct about the war forecast

Historical wars consistently start as limited wars where one party attempts to achieve specific strategic objectives but always escalate into full-scale wars beyond anyone's control through the mechanism of 'mission creep'.

Venezuela represents the major flashpoint most likely to trigger escalation into World War III because Trump is disguising regime change as anti-drug operations, Venezuela sits between multiple great powers with interests, and Brazil and other South American nations could be drawn in if Venezuela falls.

Before the US-China trade war, America was providing China's soybeans as America was China's primary soybean supplier, but after the trade war China shifted to importing soybeans from Brazil, making China Brazil's largest trade partner with dramatically improved economic relations.

China and Japan have already had bitter exchanges of rhetoric for the past few weeks and escalation in Japan-China conflict is expected in the coming months, showing that America's divide-and-rule strategy is already activating conflict.

Massive inequality where 0.1% of the population controls all resources is visible in America through billionaires buying up all assets (Larry Ellison buying TikTok, his son Viacom, bidding for CNN), representing a sign of societal decline.

In the past, America used its own troops to fight wars, but in Libya and Syria, America uses proxies to fight, and in Ukraine, America uses Ukrainians while Americans themselves are not involved, representing a sign of civilizational decline where empires lose the capacity to fight their own wars.

General decadence manifests through phenomena like OnlyFans where 10-20% of young white American women are selling their bodies online, which is promoted and legal, representing a sign of civilizational death.

Mass immigration occurs because Americans are used to cheap labor and most Americans don't want to be slaves to labor anymore, so America imports immigrants to be cheap labor, causing collapse of social cohesion and further sign of civilizational decline.

War will not solve the West's problems because young people will not go fight a pointless war overseas; evidence includes Germany announcing conscription and young Germans saying they would rather be ruled by Putin than fight in Ukraine.

Canada has declined rapidly in recent years with low energy, 'quiet quitting,' and lack of willingness to work, representing the same civilizational exhaustion visible across the West.