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continued in the link aboveThe rise of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump combined with the Brexit fallout - the full effects of which are yet to be seen - are all signs another great war is looming, a leading British academic has warned.
Tobias Stone, who specialises in archeology and anthropology, has invoked the apocalypse in an article published this week that is rapidly gaining traction.
Stone argues that there are chilling similarities between the terrifying dictators who led us into WWI and WWII and modern politicians such as Vladimir Putin, Robert Mugabe and US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Indeed, Putin and Trump have formed a mutual admiration society of sorts and have not been shy about blowing the other's trumpet.
"Trump says he will Make America great again, when in fact America is currently great, according to pretty well any statistics," he writes - an observation echoed by US President Barack Obama in his speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday.
"He is using passion, anger, and rhetoric in the same way all his predecessors did - a charismatic narcissist who feeds on the crowd to become ever stronger, creating a cult around himself.
"You can blame society, politicians, the media, for America getting to the point that it's ready for Trump, but the bigger historical picture is that history generally plays out the same way each time someone like him becomes the boss."
Stone says it's a scenario that's playing out across the world.