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Fortune
Jason Ma

The Iran and Ukraine wars have merged into a single conflict, but ‘we are still not at a true world war,’ expert says

(Credit: Dmytro Smolienko—Ukrinform/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

Russia’s war on Ukraine began four years before the U.S.-Israel war on Iran did, but the battle lines are getting blurrier, while the conflicts threaten to draw in more participants.

The stakes are further elevated as President Donald Trump deploys thousands of U.S. troops to the Middle East for an anticipated ground assault meant to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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