Initial Thesis

Conflict - the balance of opposing forces - seems intrinsic to our experience of evolving nature - whether that is the most elementary of particles and energy or the most complex thing known to man - life on Earth.

What would the most detached, most distant, most unbiased viewpoint on the omnipresent conflicts between individuals, families, communities, tribes, nations, religions, industries, teams - what would such a observation suggest? Is conflict and competition necessary and healthy? Is it inevitable?

The red flags are all around us as even now we are engrossed in the Iraq War and the war against Muslim extremism. And while we are involved as a nation on this World War IV, World War V is taking shape under our noses. By sheer population, numbers of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and the ability to manage these resources centrally, has China not already thrown down the gauntlet? And if so - are we prepared for World War V?

Here will be a modest attempt to come to terms with this possible future. To anticipate it, understand it, prepare for it