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Why today’s ‘unravelled’ international order echoes the lead-up to WWI
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5/8/2026

Why today’s ‘unravelled’ international order echoes the lead-up to WWI

The “unravelled” post-Cold War international order has created conditions that appear to mirror those preceding a great-power conflict, a former senior adviser to the White House has warned. “The international landscape … [is] beginning to look uncomfortably like a pre-war environment,” said Thomas Wright, who served as senior director for strategic planning at the US National Security Council in the Joe Biden administration. “A familiar pattern is taking shape,” Wright said on Wednesday at an...

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Why today’s ‘unravelled’ international order echoes the lead-up to World War I
NEWS
5/8/2026

Why today’s ‘unravelled’ international order echoes the lead-up to World War I

The “unravelled” post-Cold War international order has created conditions that appear to mirror those preceding a great-power conflict, a former senior adviser to the White House has warned. “The international landscape … [is] beginning to look uncomfortably like a pre-war environment,” said Thomas Wright, who served as senior director for strategic planning at the US National Security Council in the Joe Biden administration. “A familiar pattern is taking shape,” Wright said on Wednesday at an...

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Spirit Airlines Abruptly Ceases Operations After 34 Years, Stranding Passengers
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Spirit Airlines Abruptly Ceases Operations After 34 Years, Stranding Passengers

Spirit Airlines abruptly ceased operations on Saturday, stranding thousands of passengers after 34 years of low-cost service. The airline went into orderly wind-down after government rescue talks failed, with the US government rejecting a $500m bailout proposal. Passengers face canceled bookings and expensive replacement fares, while Republicans and Democrats trade blame over the carrier's collapse, with the blocked JetBlue merger becoming a political football.

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