Russian ambassador killed on Turkey Ankara, World War 3 is near ?

[Vor]

Ka-pi96 said:

Vor said:
Not really. It might start a war, but far from a world war scale. Russia right now is just not as big as they are during the Soviet era. Yes WW1 is also triggered by an assassination but at that time Europe is still a dominant power in the world. So the only country who can possibly trigger a WW is either US or China. Even the latter, despite a global leader in economy, still outclass by the US in terms of military tech.

I`d argue that WW1/2 happened more because of the large network of alliances/agreements in Europe than because it was a dominant power in the world. That network of alliances may not be as far reaching as it once was but they are still there. If one of the big European countries gets attacked then that`s still very likely to have huge repercussions around the world and would have a real possibility of resulting in another World War. So it doesn`t have to be either the US or China, anybody that`s willing to attack one of the major European countries (and is big enough to be a genuine threat to them, eg. Russia) definitely has the potential to trigger a world war.

IMO the reason WW escalated quickly because at that time there are many european colony that spread across asia and africa so the main country and the colony are affected directly if the other one are attacked.  Lets say the Brexit effect will be bigger if it happen 70 years ago because at that time British has so many colonies that would be affected by economic drop caused by brexit (just example, eu didn't even exist back then :p)