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The far east seems more likely to explode. If you have been following the news going on in that region. China/Taiwan vs Japan (Islands) Hong Kong vs China (British Hong Kong flag and related anti-PRC demonstrations) South Korea vs North Korea (Missiles) Japan vs North Korea (Military threats)

If a war was to break out in the far east it wouldn't take long to get to world war status as America will be pulled into any war involving Japan or South Korea.

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It's pretty risky and grim to try to predict where war will break out but my money would be on Pakistan/India. Extra nasty because both are atomic powers.

>Extra nasty because both are atomic powers

That is exactly why there will be no war between Pakistan and India. It just cannot happen. If they do fight a nuclear war, the entire region will be irreversibly damaged.

In fact, the possession of nuclear weapons has actually prevented conventional wars from taking place, although skirmishes do take place quite often.

Although the tensions do go high when another terrorist attack hits one of the major cities, it has yet to have caused an actual war

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