From the battlefields of Ukraine to the volatile waters of the Indo-Pacific, the fabric of global stability as we hurtle towards 2025 appears frayed, stitched together with little more than fragile diplomacy and the threat of a nuclear winter.
Some analysts now argue that World War III is no longer a distant possibility - it has already begun, just in ways more subtle than Western societies experienced at the start of the 20th century's global conflicts.
The early stages of World War III may not be fought not through the conventional means of tanks and trenches beyond the frontlines of Ukraine, but through hybrid threats, covert battles and ideological jockeying in the digital arena.
National security expert Mark Toth and former US intelligence officer Col. Jonathan Sweet are among those arguing that World War III is already upon us.
'This third global conflagration doesn't look or feel like what Hollywood envisioned,' they claim.
'No mushroom clouds or apocalyptic wastelands. Rather, it is war by a thousand cuts, conducted across multi-regional and multi-domain battlefields.
Here, MailOnline speaks to Sweet and Toth along with military chiefs, former presidents and geopolitical experts to assess whether we are really entering a new period of global attrition.
Unfortunately, the signs are ominous.
Ukrainian soldiers work with 'pion' artillery in the northern direction of the Donbas frontline as Russia-Ukraine war continues
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