A Manufactured World Crisis

Tugs guide China's first domestically manufactured aircraft carrier, known as "Type 001A," as it returns to port in Dalian in China's northeastern Liaoning province after its first sea trial, on May 18, 2018. AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

Few people today ask the most important question about the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Many people want America to stay out of the fight, but even they don’t ask the vital question. Why does the world face a crisis today? Why has a border dispute between Russia and Ukraine escalated to the point where people fear nuclear war?