{"id":215580,"date":"2025-06-07T13:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/are-we-heading-towards-world-war-iii-heni-ozi-cukier-tedxlisboa"},"modified":"2025-06-07T13:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T18:08:10","slug":"are-we-heading-towards-world-war-iii-heni-ozi-cukier-tedxlisboa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/are-we-heading-towards-world-war-iii-heni-ozi-cukier-tedxlisboa","title":{"rendered":"Are we heading towards World War III? | Heni Ozi Cukier | TEDxLisboa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/odLgrFHEAmQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This talk dives into four critical dimensions \u2014 social, economic, political, and military \u2014 to uncover the patterns that led to World War I and II. By comparing those pivotal moments with today\u2019s global dynamics, it reveals troubling signs of growing instability. Are we on the brink of a Third World War? Through the lens of history, this analysis offers a powerful reflection on the present \u2014 and a warning to not repeat the mistakes of the past.<\/p>\n<p>Heni Ozi Cukier, widely known as Professor HOC, is an expert in international politics dedicated to making geopolitics more accessible to the general public. He shares his extensive knowledge \u2014 and insights into the challenges and dynamics of the contemporary world \u2014 through what has become Brazil\u2019s largest geopolitics YouTube channel: PROFESSOR HOC.<\/p>\n<p>He is also behind award-winning documentaries, including Cracol ndia.<\/p>\n<p>In the United States, he worked at the United Nations Security Council, the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Woodrow Wilson Center think tank.<\/p>\n<p>In Brazil, he gained prominence as the founder and coordinator of the postgraduate program in Geopolitics at PUC Paran\u00e1, establishing himself as a leading voice in teaching international relations and analyzing global affairs.<\/p>\n<p>He holds a degree in Philosophy and Political Science, and a Master\u2019s in Conflict Resolution and International Peace from the renowned American University in Washington, DC. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/are-we-heading-towards-world-war-iii-heni-ozi-cukier-tedxlisboa\">Continue reading \u201cAre we heading towards World War III? | Heni Ozi Cukier | TEDxLisboa\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This talk dives into four critical dimensions \u2014 social, economic, political, and military \u2014 to uncover the patterns that led to World War I and II. By comparing those pivotal moments with today\u2019s global dynamics, it reveals troubling signs of growing instability. Are we on the brink of a Third World War? Through the lens [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-existential-risks","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}