What's the best way to structure this sentence?

Question

Is the intensity of our culture, or culture war, as some describe, similar to that of other countries?

1) What's the best way to structure this sentence as it is with commas?

2) what's the best way to restructure this sentence for clarity, if at all?

Answer 1

Is the intensity of our culture, or culture war, as some describe, similar to that of other countries?

I would rephrase it like this:

Is the intensity of our culture, or culture war, as some have described it, similar to that of other countries?

Answer 2

Though what you've written does make sense, and the commas are placed in the right areas, a reader might be a little confused. To make this more concise, you could take out "as some describe," as that information is irrelevant to the rest of the sentence. For more help, feel free to message me!