- Western world is riddled with financial disasters;
- At least two countries (Pakistan, North Korea) have been testing or announcing a nuclear arsenal;
- A dictatorship (Iran) is in turmoil;
- Russia has one hand on the gas-tap to Europe.
Are the sociopolitical conditions the world is experiencing at the moment the ideal fertile breeding ground for a major war? Does the world situation compare in anyway to the preceding 12-months (say) of WWI and WWII?
Not yet. The Will is missing from the protagonists.
I genuinely would say we are at risk of a prolonged fictitious with "good and Evil" – Christian and Muslim – which has been propagated by the Right Wing American policies of the last ten years – however, that now appears to be turning – so it could very well start as a civil war (to an extent) in Britain with the rise of the Far right, and the stresses that will put on the general population.
What I would say is that the next 10 years are going to be very turbulent, and to hold on to your hat!!!