Nothing is as bad as it seems?
Have you noticed lately that the crisis we face are much smaller and more quickly resolved than they used to be (Brexit excluded)?
Incidents that could have sparked wider conflicts haven't. This phenomenon could mean we are learning or it could mean we are war weary and war no longer holds the attraction and promise it used too. Any place on Earth can be reached within a few hours. destruction can be rained down and so the conflicts are more confined and localised to the doings of a few demented minds.
Even the possibility of an egocentric megalomaniac in the White House hasn't broadened conflict, in fact, it seems to have lessened it