This was interesting to listen to, and clearly not comforting: defense expert Peter Apps on today’s geopolitical fault lines and why the potential for global escalation might be greatest once Donald Trump leaves office.

From Weekly Filet #570, in May 2026.

What Will Trigger the Next World War?

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