India, March 29 -- Scroll through headlines on any given day and you might be forgiven for thinking that the world is already at war. Images of destruction, political brinkmanship, and rising military budgets dominate the news cycle. America and Israel's war on Iran, which many believe has already spiralled out of control, the ongoing conflict stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Israel's devastating violence and genocide in and around the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, all contribute to a growing sense of unease. It is a feeling that has become pervasive; that something bigger, more catastrophic, may be just around the corner. What is unfolding is not contained conflicts or even a set of regional crises, it is the early phase of s...