- 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?