
Will resolve as soon as a war involving over 3 continents is considered to be WW3 by the mainstream western media. May resolve yes after 2045 if a war started before (end of) 2045 is called a world war afterwards.
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North Korea + Iran + Syria + Russia + Belarus = one military bloc.
They are in an active war against Ukraine, which is a candidate for EU membership and has close relations with Europe. Ukraine is supported by almost all Western democratic countries with supplies and ammunition.
Currently, related wars or armed conflicts are taking place in Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Libya, Sudan, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, between North and South Korea, around Venezuela, in the Syria–Israel confrontation, and other regions around the globe, effectively making it a real World War III in both cyber warfare and on physical battlefields.