{"id":183,"date":"2026-05-28T04:34:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=183"},"modified":"2026-05-28T04:34:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:34:35","slug":"how-to-prevent-the-next-world-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"How to Prevent the Next World War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The world today is more dangerous and more violent than it\u2019s been at any time since 1945. States everywhere have jettisoned commitments to cooperation and opted for aggression. The so-called rules-based order seems to have come apart. Yet the international body founded after World War II with the charge of preventing World War III finds itself increasingly on the margins.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=181\">Trump\u2019s Least Bad Option in Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recent essay in <em>Foreign Affairs<\/em>, the historian and former UN official Thant Myint-U considered what it would take for the United Nations to regain a meaningful role in preventing and managing global conflict. That question is particularly relevant as the UN begins the process of picking its next secretary-general. Deputy Editor Kanishk Tharoor spoke with Thant about the past and future of the United Nations, and about how the pillars of global peace can be reinforced before they collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=179\">The G-2 Reality<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Crumbling Pillars of Global Peace\u201d by Thant Myint-U<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Globalist Delusion\u201d by Nadia Schadlow<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMyanmar\u2019s Coming Revolution\u201d by Thant Myint-U<\/p>\n<p>This episode of <em>The Foreign Affairs Interview<\/em> was produced by Mary Kate Godfrey and Kanishk Tharoor, with audio engineering by Christopher Koch and original music by Robin Hilton. Special thanks to Irina Hogan.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=177\">The Right Way for Europe to Spend More on Defense<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Conversation With Thant Myint-U<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,23,68],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy","category-geopolitics","category-international-institutions","category-united-nations","tag-world-order"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Prevent the Next World War - Housing News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/housingnewsamerica.com\/?p=183\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Prevent the Next World War - 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