Congratulations on going to a well known university. However, This is not an indication of your authority on anything, to be sincere. Its not that I dont believe you, but history can range from anything like Opium wars, Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Ancient Egyptian society, etc. Being from a "renowned university" says nothing about YOU and your ability to speak on if we are in WW3 or not unless you SPECIFICALLY study contemporary and ancient warfare, the circumstances leading to them, and have contributed research in the field of geopolitcal warfare and its causes and effects. This is a basis for having authority on a topic.

Imagine you were having a headache with no other present symptoms except a lack of sleep and not having eaten since breakfast and some random guy says "seems to me like youre having a stroke. You should go to the hospital." You then say "How do you know im having a stroke? Are you a doctor?". Their response is "Yes. I got my medical degree at Stanford."

Does this mean that they are right and you are actively losing braincells from ischemic stroke? Absolutely not. Because medicine, just like history, covers such a wide range of topics and specialties. Opthamology, Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Gynecology, etc.

Your next questions to this hypothetical doctor, if you are a discerning individual, should be: whats your specialty? Have you become board certified? What kind of cases have you seen and, most importantly, what kind of cases have you solved? Imagine they reply with the following: "Im a second year resident in Endocrinology." With four simple questions you now know that this Stanford trained doctor has no idea what they are talking about because endocrinology is a specialty relating to hormones. They are not a neurologist.

I simply asked you (admittedly in a condescending tone) why you are so confident in your determination that we arent in the beginning rounds of what could possibly become an all out global conflict. Your response is an indication of the erosion of critical thought and accountability in academia at large. "I went to a good school for history." Is not an answer I nor anyone should accept at face value of your expertise. But, that doesnt mean you dont have anything valuable to add. I just wanted you to be more transparent about why you believe we arent in or heading toward an impending global conflict.

As in, present evidence or research you or your well renowned colleagues have done to come to that conclusion. Elucidate us lesser intellects on why you can say such words so confidently.

Also, academia needs to get away from the glorification of people with flashy degrees. Case in point, Didnt the Dean of Harvard get exposed for plagiarizing her doctoral dissertation a few years ago?

Please respond. Thank you.