Researchers have counted it come to the conclusion that we are practically sitting on a powder keg and that there are regions where they are being dramatic situations. The conflict between Gaza and Israel seems to presage a 2009 look bleak. It is not difficult to see that critical situations are becoming increasingly acute.

The Institute for Peace in Stockholm, found that the amount spent globally on arms to more than 900 billion euros. Only the U.S. spent 396 billion in 2006. Given these figures escape is impossible to imagine anything that could be achieved for example with 1000 million per day in the fight against poverty, hunger and education.

Speaking of international conflicts can not ignore the never-ending tension between East and West. The so-called “Cold War” rang again at Busch when the mandate was supposed to be a thing of the past. At the Munich Security Conference in February 2007, Russian President Putin reproached his American counterpart as follows: “You want the exclusive domain of this world and we acorraláis with your weapons facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic, we have to defend and therefore we armamos equally. ”

Americans before the taking of power of President Obama wanted to rearm the Russians had a certain fear and therefore also from rearming. Both strategies have been nuclear back on the air, both in east and in the West. And all this together with the outbreak of crisis that is the Middle East. Pakistan has nuclear weapons, including India, Israel and possibly also in the Arab world there is a deep crisis. Iraq did not become what was expected with the invasion, and Iran is getting stronger. Basically it is a chaotic situation in which one superpower seeks by all means to preserve the domination of the world and the other, Russia is beginning to rearm. So the real danger of a world war increased during 2008, is looking forward to what will happen this year that has not started too well.

All this is still a dangerous game, indeed the majority believe that peace is built the armistice, the potential for intimidation, the balance of forces, and so on. But this has nothing to do with peace. This becomes clear when you are placed in a Christmas cease-fire for several hours between two armies struggling to demonstrate that it wants to take into consideration or observe the Christmas message, when what we really to show is nothing but the old saying Roman: “If you want peace, prepare for war.”