What do you expect will be the character of the 21st century? War-prone.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 21ST CENTURY FROM A WAR-PRONE PERSPECTIVE Name: Instructor: Date: War prone is the tendency that there will be or the possibility of war to occur. In the 20th century, war was mostly instigated by the industrial revolution in Europe which started in France spreading all over the world. Countries were engaged in war to secure territories for raw materials for their industries. However, this has changed and in the 21st century there are several things which are likely to instigate war in the world. In this paper I will discuss some of these factors which are likely to be the driving force for war in the 21st century. To begin with, it is good to note that there is pressure towards the available resources as there is high population growth mostly in Africa and India. As a result of this, the available resources are not enough to be shared by all equally. Scarcity therefore is one of the key characters that would act as a catalyst to war in the 21st century. The following essential resources, water, oil and food are vital in the current world and its scarcity that calls for competition as every nation tries to secure the scarce resources for future use. Scarcity of the most essential resources will be the key driving force to war as nations compete to secure the few available resources failing to come up with solutions to curb the arising needs. Secondly, monetary system is another factor that will cause war to be in the 21st century. Money has been made to be the key medium of exchange and nations fight to have their medium of exchange have a higher face value over another nation. It is in this sense that governments try to have fixed exchange rate regime and end up ruining the economy of the country. However, it has been the world policy for there to be a floating exchange rate which ends up being tampered by high rates of exchange thus making a country’s currency lose value and eventually end...