I highly doubt it, unless it is a resource war far in the future were unclaimed resources are in play.
The first world war was caused by squabbling between empires, the only reason it became a world war was because of the belligerents colonial ties.
The second world war was a battle of ideology.
Both those things are dead, there are no great causes to go to war for any more, besides Jihad wich hasn't been poipular enough to entice large scale wars between nations.
Individuals are much more independent from their countries and are capable of finding information with ease, all these things along with the increased cynicism make world war seem very very unlikely. As we get more an more globalization even the concept of nations might begin to disappear, and then who knows what a world war would look like, let alone how it will be defined as such.
I had a discussion with someone in the R&P subforum where that person full heartedly claimed that cold war proxy was still global practice. The diplomatic development in Syria is the most recent evidence that it isn't. Trade and economy is now at the forefront of most conflicts. I am straying from the OT, but personally I don't think a world war will happen until new resources are found or a new energy system harnessing system is introduced to the general market, but not in our life time.
The first world war was caused by squabbling between empires, the only reason it became a world war was because of the belligerents colonial ties.
The second world war was a battle of ideology.
Both those things are dead, there are no great causes to go to war for any more, besides Jihad wich hasn't been poipular enough to entice large scale wars between nations.
Individuals are much more independent from their countries and are capable of finding information with ease, all these things along with the increased cynicism make world war seem very very unlikely. As we get more an more globalization even the concept of nations might begin to disappear, and then who knows what a world war would look like, let alone how it will be defined as such.
I had a discussion with someone in the R&P subforum where that person full heartedly claimed that cold war proxy was still global practice. The diplomatic development in Syria is the most recent evidence that it isn't. Trade and economy is now at the forefront of most conflicts. I am straying from the OT, but personally I don't think a world war will happen until new resources are found or a new energy system harnessing system is introduced to the general market, but not in our life time.