WW3 Threat Assessment: The War Has Quietly Started & No One’s Trying to Stop It!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

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🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 156 minutes

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WARNING: The West is collapsing, nuclear threats are rising. Are we heading to World War 3? Ex-CIA spy and top experts discuss nuclear threats, AI manipulation, and sound the ALARM on rising tensions between US-Iran, Russia-Ukraine, and China-Taiwan. This Diary Of A CEO roundtable brings together 3 top experts: Former CIA intelligence officer Andrew Bustamante, nuclear war journalist Annie Jacobsen, and global politics expert Benjamin Radd to discuss the biggest threats facing the world right now. They explain: How the West is collapsing and we can’t stop it. How nuclear weapons are more dangerous today, not because of size, but speed. Why Iran’s influence in the Middle East is growing and what that means for the US. Why cyber attacks and social media are the new battlegrounds of power. How China is playing a long-term psychological and economic war. 00:00 Intro06:14 Are We Already in World War 3?10:38 The Rise of Digital and Proxy Warfare19:06 Iran’s 12-Day War and the Power of Narrative23:52 Why Global Conflict Is About to Surge25:13 Is Israel America's Proxy Against Iran?36:48 One Miscommunication From Nuclear War41:44 How AI Could Trigger a Global Catastrophe43:25 Did Iran Nearly Develop a Nuclear Bomb?46:28 How Close Was the US to Bombing North Korea?55:17 Was Trump Right to Strike Iran?01:00:15 The Psychology of World Leaders in Crisis01:04:11 How Israeli Spies Infiltrated Iran01:08:48 Why Didn’t Intelligence Stop Major Attacks?01:11:20 Ads01:12:29 What Happens Next With Iran?01:16:21 Is Israeli Intelligence Misleading the U.S.?01:20:34 Why Nuclear Weapons Still Dominate Policy01:31:07 China vs. Taiwan: Is War Inevitable?01:36:30 The 30% Chance of a Nuclear Dead Nation01:40:42 Ads01:46:34 Are Autonomous Nuclear Drones Safe?01:53:06 Where Is Safe in a Nuclear War?02:05:17 Can We Trust Leaders With Cognitive Decline?02:08:06 How a Nuclear Missile Actually Gets Launched02:16:21 Who Can Save the World From Collapse?02:21:54 Escaping the Polarized Algorithm Trap02:25:09 Preparing for AI Deepfakes and ScamsFollow Andrew: Follow Andrew: Instagram - https://bit.ly/46z016W Read Andy’s CIA book ‘Shadow Cell’: https://bit.ly/463wbat Follow Andy on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4ljimta Explore Spy School: https://bit.ly/46yZj9I Podcast - https://bit.ly/4nK8WsC Follow Annie: Instagram - https://bit.ly/4lFVFz9 X - https://bit.ly/44lETje Website - https://bit.ly/40bjTt0 You can purchase Annie’s book, ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’, here: https://bit.ly/4eIXJEr Follow Benjamin: Instagram - https://bit.ly/40BqixG X - https://bit.ly/4li8Oi3 Follow Annie: Instagram - https://bit.ly/4lFVFz9 X - https://bit.ly/44lETje Website - https://bit.ly/40bjTt0 You can purchase Annie’s book, ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’, here: https://bit.ly/4eIXJEr Follow Benjamin: X - https://bit.ly/4li8Oi3 Instagram - https://bit.ly/40BqixG Get your hands on the Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards here: https://bit.ly/conversationcards-mp Get email updates: https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt Follow Steven: https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Justworks - http://Justworks.com Stan Store - https://stevenbartlett.stan.store/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	I believe that we are already at the early stages, if not in World War III. It just doesn't
0:34.7	look like the wars of the past. And people should understand what is at stake, which is we are one misunderstanding, one miscalculation way.
0:43.4	Or even one AI-generated viral video from nuclear annihilation.
0:48.3	Is there anything at all you're doing to prepare?
0:50.0	I'm leaving the United States by 2026.
0:52.0	But is there anywhere on this map that is safe in all?
0:54.6	So my understanding is that there's actually three safe zones.
0:57.0	You are right.
0:57.5	There's Hawaii.
0:58.6	No, because there are so many targets in Hawaii.
1:03.0	And same with all of Europe.
1:04.8	But there's one tiny little place right there.
1:07.7	So where do we find ourselves in terms of conflict and morphine out?
1:10.1	It's getting worse.
1:11.1	And in the past, it was whoever had the strongest military.
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