Is the Middle East on the Brink of Wider War?

As we record this, it feels like a crisis that could go either way. A pivot point in history, where the world balances between two very different futures, and no one is quite sure which way things will turn. In the near two weeks, since the mass launch did its brutal attack on Israeli civilians, killing over 1400, the Middle East has only grown more tense.

Israel has pounded guards with rockets ahead of a likely ground assault, triggering a humanitarian crisis. In the North, Lebanon's Hezbollah have exchanged fire with the Israeli military threatening to open a second front. Meanwhile, Iran has issued barely veiled threats, suggesting that it could also enter the war.

As a result, there's now a growing sense that events cannot be contained. The October 7th, 2023 will not go down in history as another 9/11, but another June 28th, 1914. The day, a terrorist attack, tipped an entire continent into war.