"We are in a pre-war environment," says Thomas Wright @LowyInstitute

Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

Thomas Wright, former Biden White House national security insider, delivers a stark warning: the global order hasn't collapsed by accident.

Three leaders — in Washington, Moscow, and Beijing — each made a deliberate choice to reject the limits the international system placed on them.

The result, Wright argues, looks uncomfortably like the world before a great-power war.

Full event at youtube.com/live/meLpPArUxJg

We are in a pre-war environment, says Thomas Wright

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