These competitions or wars reward the winners and penalize the losers, which reinforce their strengthenings or their weakenings. They vary in severity from healthy competitions to all-out wars. (1/4) 
The progression tends to be from the first one on the list (trade/economic wars) toward the last one on the list (military wars), with each growing in intensity. Then, when a military hot war begins, all four of the other types of wars are applied full-on and weaponized. (2/4)
For these reasons, by monitoring the progression and intensities of the conflicts one can pretty well anticipate what is likely to come next. (3/4)
This principle comes from the chapter in my new book on the cycles of order and disorder in the world. If you’re interested, you can read more here: amazon.com/Changing-World… (4/4) #changingworldorder
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