During election campaigns, everybody talks about politicians or rather, candidates, however there are also some very interesting participants in elections which are not so much talked about; they are called qualified voters/electors.

Candidates are the most interesting in the time of elections; they will tell us anything that will likely lead them to great victory. They will lie, deceive, and guarantee the impossible, sing and dance, cry and laugh, and all that in order to win. In that campaign, they will give us so many promises, that if we ask them just a few hours later about them, they will not remember them, and will give us new ones in order to deceive us further. Later, if they are elected for formal office, then they will start giving us excuses for the lost promises in order to maintain political power.

It is evident that while campaigning, candidates will tell us things we like to hear and agree with just to make us think they are good, smart, dedicated, and considered, amongst other things. However, almost everything they say was written and prepared in advance for that occasion by the campaign staff in order to attract more voters. In most cases, especially in democratic systems, candidates heavily rely on finance from private donors, selected individuals, groups or industry. If elected, they have an obligation to reimburse supporters for their contributions by protecting and supporting their businesses, no matter what that business might be.

We all know what candidates do, but what about voters?

Voters are a group of people gathered around to make some decision or express their opinion often in discussions, debates and election campaigns. Voters support their favourite candidates, they go to rallies and listen what their favourite candidates has to say, they analyze them, agree or disagree with them, and in the end, and they make the final decision on Election Day. However, at the Election Day, not all of the supporters vote for their desired candidate which they supported throughout the year, not all voters are faithful to their candidate.

To make things more clear, let's use the 2008 United States Presidential Elections as an example: candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and qualified voters/electors.

It appears that Americans are fascinated with democratic candidate Barack Obama, possibly more so than with any other Presidential candidate in US history; many talk about him, adore him, and cheer for him.

On the other side, republican candidate John McCain was selected in the US primaries a long time before Obama, it was clear that he was chosen one on this side, but it looks like people are not so hot for him as they are for Obama.

According to these indicators, we may feel that Barack Obama will become new President of the United States, but will he?

The chances for Barack Obama to become the next President may not be as good as they look. Yes, people are hot for him, but electors are not to be trusted. Electors like something new, new radical changes, new and different politician, new ideas, and fresh promises, among others. However, it does not necessary means they will vote for the same. For Obama it would be better if he had less attention, his chances to win would be better.

On Election Day many people change their minds and do the opposite of what they were saying, promising, cheering and longing for throughout the election campaign. Voters are just regular people, and on Election Day they realize the show is over and start thinking in different directions.

Voters are very interesting; they often say one thing and do other. It is obvious that voters complain and criticize about certain politicians day by day and in the end, vote for them. It appears that the more mistakes and scandals a politician makes and the less he does for the nation, the bigger the chances are that voters will vote for him, especially for the second time. As an example, take a look at George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Jacques Chirac, Silvio Berlusconi, among others.

In the end, democracy is not like a communist regime; in democracy it may not really be as important which politician or candidate comes to power, as long as democracy continues to be the ruling mechanism; as long as they do not take extra power. The system will continue to work; plans and ideas will continue to be executed, no matter who is in charge.

The only thing that is changing is the interests of the financiers or ruling elite who financed the elected candidate. If financiers are from weapons industry, then there will be new wars. We may prefer financiers from the toy industry, with toys for everyone.

Millionaires, millionaires, day after day we watch and read about millionaires, actor's millionaires, singer's millionaires, heiress millionaires and others. Every day number of millionaires in the world is rising with incredible speed. This "millionaire" phenomenon became very important in global society, in fact, sometimes millionaires and billionaires are front news before domestic or global issues. In relation, large number of companies, news papers and TV stations are conducting detailed researches on their treasured assets.

But, are they all really millionaires?

A Millionaire, according to encyclopaedia is an individual who resides in a household whose net worth or wealth exceeds one million units of any currency. However, it can also be a person who owns one million units of any currency in cash, bank account or savings account.

The world faced rapid development of global economy from 19th century to today. It came to the point when being a millionaire is not prestige like it was before. Now, there are plenty of millionaires and billionaires around the globe, and because of that they needed a new expression for themselves in order to make a distinction between each others.

As a result, today we have: multimillionaires (net worth of two or more millions), hectomillionaires (net worth of hundred and more millions) and billionaires (net worth of one or more billions). In the past ten years with enormous growth of hectomillionaires and billionaires, millionaires or multimillionaires who have few millions are considered middle-class millionaires; in the contemporary word; they are just not super-rich.

Looking at this report, the World Wealth Report 2007 (the report on individuals with a net worth of at least US$1 million in all assets except their primary residence) - Annual World Wealth Report from Merrill Lynch compiled by Capgemini, we can see that the World's High Net Worth (HNW) population grew to 9.5 million with their assets raised to US$37.2 trillion". Also, Merrill Lynch reports that there are 9.5 million (HNWI) millionaires worldwide, and 95.000 multimillionaires (UHNWI with over US$30 million). In 2007, Forbes Magazine reported that there are 946 billionaires in the world with total accumulated wealth of US$3.5 trillion.

Looking at the private banking, a High Net Worth Individual (HNWI) is a person with a high net worth of US$1 million and plus in investible assets (not including primary assets). An Ultra High Net Worth Individual or Individuals (UHNWI) refers to individuals or families who have at least US$30 million in investible assets.

Therefore, according to definition a millionaire is an individual who owns one million units of any currency. According to private banking a millionaire is a person who owns one million of the US Dollars. However, individuals who have EU€800,000.00 are not counted as millionaires in their country, nobody, including beneficiary bank does not recognize these individuals as millionaires, but if we exchange this amount for the US Dollars, these individuals are becoming millionaires.

So, can this report on the number of the world's millionaires be true?

There is no definition or internationally recognized model for the US Dollar being currency for indentifying (counting) the world's or individuals wealth. Yes, the United States Dollar (USD) has been "de facto" world currency since 20th century, and as of 2007 dollar still has the largest share at 63.3% of foreign reserve holdings; the Euro has some 26.5%.

However, since the year 2000, the Dollar share is falling and the Euro share is rising. As of December 2006, the Euro surpassed the Dollar in the combined value of cash in circulation. The value of the Euro notes in circulation has risen to more than EU€610 billion, equivalent to US$800 billion; therefore, the Euro became the currency with the highest combined value of cash in circulation in the world.

One million of the US Dollars exchanged in other currencies do not always make millionaires. For example: the US$1million on 23 May 2008 at the exchange rate is equivalent to: EU€634,698.99 (Euros), UK £505,114.98 (Pounds), KWD265,450.01 (Kuwait Dinar).

Looking at the above example we can see that a Kuwait Dinar (KWD) is the strongest currency unit, in fact the KWD is the world's highest valued currency unit, and from May 20, 2007 the KWD was re-pegged to a basket of currencies. Yet, a Kuwaiti dinar is not so called "hard currency", is not of very much use outside Kuwait, and is bound to the economy of that country.

On the other hand, the UK Pound and the EU Euro are hard currencies. They are reserve currencies, and currencies with a good buying power which are widely accepted as a reliable store of value. But, we don't see them as a model for counting world wealth.

The US Dollar (USD) is not strongest currency unit, especially not now; even the Cuban Convertible Paso (CUC) and the Azerbaijan Manat (AZN) are stronger than the USD. Therefore, using the USD as the currency unit or a model for identifying millionaires is giving the wrong picture of who is being a millionaire in the world.

It is very simple: companies, that conduct researches and others, should conduct their researches based upon highest valued currency, if not the KWD, then the EU Euro or the UK Pound , still the higher currencies are the higher ones.

Consequently, what should be a definition for a millionaire?

Perhaps: A millionaire is an individual whose net worth of wealth exceeds a sufficient amount of units of any currency when exchanged worth one million units of the world's highest valued currency unit, or the world's highest anchor currency unit. It can also be a person who owns enough units of any currency when exchanged worth one million units of the world's highest valued currency unit, or the world's highest anchor currency unit in cash, bank accounts and savings.

If one person has enough currencies to buy one million of the world's highest valued currency unit, or the world's highest anchor currency unit, than that person should be counted as a millionaire. This way we will only have around hundred billionaires and much less millionaires, and that will make some sense and bring back original meaning of being a millionaire and a billionaire.

The Nobel Prize is an international award administered by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. The Prize was established from Alfred Bernhard Nobel's will on 27 November 1895.

Every year, since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for outstanding contributions in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace. In 1968, Sveriges Riksbank established The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, founder of the Nobel Prize.

All prizes are presented on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death. Each prize consists of a medal, personal diploma, and cash award (over 1 million Euros). For the past few decades, the Nobel Prize is considered to be the most prestigious prize in the world.

Alfred Nobel was the Swedish inventor of dynamite, also, founder of the Nobel Prize, chemist, scientist, inventor, engineer, entrepreneur, author, weapons manufacturer, and pacifist. Alfred Nobel invented dynamite in 1866 in Krummel, Germany, and patented it later in 1876. After his death he left 31 million Swedish Kronor (103,931,888.00 USD in 2007) to fund the prizes.

Alfred Nobel was a pacifist, which is highly contradictory, since he invented dynamite which had enormous use in many wars, but also in industry. Furthermore, he owned a company named Bofos, which was a major weapons manufacturer. Bofos was founded in 1873, but it originates from the iron and steel mill called Boofors, established in 1646.

From the first Nobel Prize awarding in 1901, this prize had many criticisms and controversies in the proceedings, nominations, awardees and exclusions. Many individuals who really had conferred the greatest benefit on mankind did not win the Prize, for Instance:

  Thomas Edison, American inventor and businessmen who developed many devices such as the phonograph and light bulb. He was the first one to apply principles of mass production to the process of invention.

  Nikola Tesla, Serbian inventor, physicist, electrical and mechanical engineer. He invented things that marked the modern era; he is called "the man who invented the 20th century" and "the man out of his time". He is most known for alternating current (AC), induction motor, rotating magnetic field, wireless technology, among many others.

  Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev, Russian chemist and inventor. He was the originator of the periodic table of the elements.

  Oswald Theodore Avery, an American physicist who is known for the discovery (along with his co-workers) that DNA is the material of which genes and chromosomes are made.

  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian Independence Movement. He is well-known to the world for non-violence and truth advocacy. His birthday October 2 is a national holiday in India and is the International Day of Non-Violence. He was nominated five times for the Nobel Prize, but never got it.

Here are a few individuals who won the Nobel Prize that many believe to be controversial:

  Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard, Hungarian-German physicist. He is the winner of the Prize in physics for his research on cathode rays. Later he was adviser to Adolf Hitler, Chief of Aryan Physics and active proponent of Nazi ideology.

  Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist. He is the winner of the Prize (shared prize) in medicine for his discovery of penicillin. Many oppose the fact that he was the first to discover penicillin.

  Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. American President and the first American who received the Nobel Prize. He is the winner of the Peace Prize in 1905. During his presidency he played an important role in the suppression of a revolt in the Philippines.

  Henry Alfred Kissinger (Heinz Alfred Kissinger), the US Secretary of State and National Security Adviser. He is the winner of the Peace Prize along with Le Duc Tho, however, Tho declined the award. There is evidence that he was involved in the secret campaign of bombing against infiltrating NVA in Cambodia and Operation Condor. He also supported the invasion of Cyprus. Kissinger is wanted for questioning by officials in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, France and Spain for war crimes that he might have committed.

  Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (Yasser Arafat), Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin are winners of the Peace Prize for the negotiations in Oslo. Arafat was accused of being associated with many violent acts. On the other hand, Rabin was an Israeli Military General who ordered the expulsion of Arabs from areas captured by Israel during the war in 1948.

  Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr., Vice President of the United States from 1993-2001. He is the winner of the Peace Prize (shared) "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change". During his service in the office under President Clinton, the US was involved in many military operations. Operations in which many people lost their lives and which had great impact on climate change, pollution, illness, among others. For instance: NATO bombing of Bosnian Serbs, US led bombing of Iraq, US led bombing of Serbia. Al Gore is a fine actor, in fact, Academy awarded actor, and for his role in "The Inconvenient Truth" he won the Oscar.

There are people among us who dedicated their lives to make a valuable contribution to mankind in areas of physics, economics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace, and it is expected for these individuals to win the Prize, however, many never got it, nor will get it. On the other side, many of those with suspicious backgrounds, and those who gave just a few months of their lives for some cause won the Prize.

If this trend continues, then in the next five years we will see George W. Bush (present US President) as a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his noble efforts to bring peace to all mankind by creating new wars in order to prevent wars and terrorism. And maybe as a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, for his efforts in making the highest ever oil price per barrel in history, and making war industry wealthier than ever, and for his contribution in creating a devastating financial situation in the United States, and promising recessions.

There have been numerous explanations and definitions of war through theories, such as: Historical, Psychological, Demographic, Marxist, Economical, and Rationalist, among others. In one word; war is any large scale or violent act which many times resolves in the destruction of one's territory, nation, and lives. War is learned and has evolved through history, these days war is conducted through military campaigns, which includes: armed conflict, intelligence, troop movement, propaganda, aircraft, bombs and missiles.

Terrorism, on the other hand has been described as the threat of violence, or other harmful act committed for political or ideological goals. The main goals of terrorists are to spread fear among the world population and get global attention for their actions in order to accomplish their goals. The most common terrorist tactics are: car bombing, aircraft hijacking and suicide attacks.  Almost every country and organization have different definitions for terrorism, therefore, it is still impossible to give an official one. Up to now, the United Nations has not accepted, nor given definition for terrorism.

If we compare these two, we can see that both of them have violence as their main subject, also: armed conflict, bombs and missiles, propaganda and intelligence. War has aircraft and troop deployment, while terrorism has believers and people willing for sacrifice. What makes them different is that war requires mass organization, Governments, countries and thousands of volunteers and military personnel, while terrorism can be performed with just one or two individuals. Maybe the biggest difference is that terrorism sometimes does not choose targets, and as a result, most times, innocent people get hurt and die. War, on the other hand knows its targets, but in war innocent people also die. They are euphemistically called "Collateral Damage".

Terrorism has something that war has not, and that is the element of surprise. Terrorist attack can be done at any time and any place. While, war has to be declared and organized, therefore, this gives some time for the other side to get prepared or surrender before the first strike.

Here is one very interesting example: one person comes to a shopping mall or school and start shooting people with an automatic firearm, killing ten, and dies at the end. General opinion would be that this person is crazy, a lunatic, and mentally challenged. However, that same person could come to the same shopping mall or school and detonate an explosive, killing ten and dies at the end. General opinion would be that this person is a terrorist. What if the person from the first example is a terrorist just he/she did not have explosives at that time, and instead he/she used a firearm. Judging by this example we allowed ourselves to make a selection and categorize a violent act by weapons used to kill and destroy human life. While there's no difference, ten people lost their lives, and nothing can bring them back.

So, what is the correct definition for war and terrorism?

War has become so ordinary that it has lost its original meaning, at this moment we have wars for everything; still, war is just another way of conducting harmful and aggressive acts, which brought untold sorrow to mankind and instability on the international stage. Our society came to the point in which we don't need wars any more. Now, we have plenty of International Organizations and Laws to help secure peace among nations, for instance; the United Nation, Security Council, Diplomacy, and Geneva Convention. In our modern world, war is pointless: it starts with negotiations and diplomacy, followed by military actions, and ends with diplomacy and negotiation. With proper use of real Diplomacy, not Gunboats and Cowboys, wars could be avoided. However, it appears that these days wars do not start with the leader or the ruler of one country; it rather starts with industry which benefits from it. As old saying says "in war there are two kinds of people: ones who profits from it and ones who suffers from it".

Terrorism is immature and perfidious, but a highly organized violent act without emotions or regret for loss of innocent lives and without respect for International Laws. Today, terrorism is also described as resistance to foreign occupation. However, it is important to distinguish between terrorism, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Terrorism is usually triggered by war and some sort of dissatisfaction, such as: political disagreements, nationalism, retaliation, personal disappointment, religion, among others. Terrorist now feels like actors, as more media attention their actions get, the more we are going to see them.  

At the moment, the world’s biggest fear is use of Bio-Chemical and Nuclear weapons in wars and terrorism. Maybe, the world would be a better place without discoveries and inventions like: gun powder by the Chinese, dynamite by Alfred Nobel and Uranium by Pierre and Maria Curie. With these inventions and discoveries, a new era of war and terror began, an era that destroyed millions of lives, homes, countries and cultures.

Will additional wars prevent terrorism, or will additional terrorism prevent further wars?

It is impossible to tell, since leaders of war and terrorism believe they are doing the right thing, maybe, as we speak a new war and terrorist attack is being prepared somewhere in the world. However, one thing is clear; people suffer every day because of it.

In our modern world there are 245 entities, which include; countries, independent states (both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized), inhabited dependent territories, and areas of special sovereignty. Almost, all of these entities have fought some kind of war and battle in their history for various reasons, such as: independence, religion, revolution, liberation, occupation, among others. According to war history, over 365 million people lost their lives in these wars, including ongoing ones. Unfortunately, the final number of war victims will never be known.

For centuries, numerous wars were fought among countries, and in relation to that, we cannot ignore one country that has participated or had a big influence in many of them, especially recent ones. That country is the United States of America (USA).

The United States proclaimed independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776 but she was officially recognized on September 3, 1783, and since then, the USA was involved in over 285 domestic and international military conflicts, some of which were: World War I and II, Vietnam War, Korean War, Gulf War, and ongoing wars: Iraq War (Second Persian Gulf War), War in Somalia, War on Terrorism (Operation Enduring Freedom); Afghanistan, Philippines, Trans Sahara, among others. If we look through world history for the last fifty years, we can see that no country has been involved in as many military conflicts as the United States has.

Currently, the USA has over 369,000 active military personnel deployed outside the USA, including: around 170.000 troops in Iraq, Japan 48.844 troops, Germany 63.958 troops, South Korea 26.477 troops, the UK 10.967 troops, among others. Also, the USA has; 27 Air Force Bases, 3 Army Bases, 4 Navy Bases, and 1 Barracks worldwide. Without these military installations, the USA would be vulnerable like any other country, and a country without major influence in the International System.

Therefore, general opinion would be that; the USA is a very aggressive country, but is she? For instance, if we compare the world entities to one big family; then we can say that the USA is like a "big brother" to the remaining countries. The USA is always there to help and protect small countries, to support, to give financial aid, but also to discipline some in order to make them better. The United States likes to be called the "leader of the free world", while others believe that she is a ruler, perhaps conqueror. However, many are wondering if she is capable of being a leader. Well, the USA is one of the youngest countries in the world, but she took that chance and became a leader, while others didn't. Being a leader is not easy, and occasionally she makes mistakes, therefore it is up to older and wiser countries to help her realise them.

We are evidencing dramatic changes in the world today; China, India, Russia and European Union are getting economically stronger, and the USA economy is beginning to stagnate. If this trend continues, then the only way for the United States to remain a superpower, and dominant economical, political, cultural, and military force in the world will be to fight wars. It would be better for the United States to use warfare money and invest in the domestic economy, instead of spending billions of dollars on useless wars.

In regard to the above, it looks like American people didn't get anything good from these hopeless wars, especially recent ones. These days, American citizens lives in constant fears from terrorist attacks, and they became potential targets for terrorist worldwide.

However, there are few very interesting facts: many countries have policy against the USA, her way of conducting politics and way of living, but at the same time wants to be like her. It is similar with different nationalities, many of them don't like Americans, but almost every person in the world would like to become an American citizen and live in the USA. Take for instance how many Mexicans, Chinese, Cubans, and even Muslims from countries that the USA army have occupied live in the United States, and struggle to become citizens. Many countries have implemented numerous US Laws and regulations, and it is evident the number of immigrants coming to the United States is increasing every year.

So, what can we expect from the United States in the future?

No one knows, let's just hope that she will end this war trend and use her resources to bring harmony to the world, so that we can enjoy her leadership in a peaceful and understanding way.

In the contemporary world, the word diplomacy has assumed a broad dimension or wider use other than the classical usage. In fact, modern day diplomacy has become all-involving that we can talk about it in terms of entertainment, parade, show of power, imposition of will/hegemonic play, among others.

So dynamic and dramatic has been the change to diplomacy over the centuries that it has lost its original meaning both in theory and practice; it now represents power - which country or State is more powerful or influential in the international system, so that every State must submit to its will.

These days diplomacy is "my way or no way" there are no negotiations, only the stronger wins. Every country is led by interests; bigger countries have bigger interests, whilst smaller countries have little influence and do not stand any chance of survival. In short, modern diplomacy has been used by bigger States to gain strategic advantage over other smaller States in the international system.

Multilateral diplomacy - as practiced at the United Nations provides the forum for exchange of experiences, conducting negotiations, exchange of thoughts in a culturally-diversified arena. Unfortunately, however, the United Nations has not lived up to the expectations of its founding fathers, there top of which were:

-  to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and

-  to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations, large and small, and

-  to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and

-  to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

-  to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and

-  to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and

-  to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and

-  to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.

                                                                                                                                              (Source: United Nations)

One can easily recall the wicked and crude manipulations of the UN system by several Member States to get their will through, such as: the Afghanistan war, the Iraq war, NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, among others.

Going back to the evolution and practice of diplomacy, it is pertinent to remind ourselves of the manual guide for the conduct of modern day diplomacy - the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961

The States Parties to the present Convention,

Recalling that peoples of all nations from ancient times have recognized the status of diplomatic agents,

Having in mind the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations concerning the sovereign equality of States, the maintenance of international peace and security, and the promotion of friendly relations among nations,

Believing that an international convention on diplomatic intercourse, privileges and immunities would contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations, irrespective of their differing constitutional and social systems,

Realizing that the purpose of such privileges and immunities is not to benefit individuals but to ensure the efficient performance of the functions of diplomatic missions as representing States,

Affirming that the rules of customary international law should continue to govern questions not expressly regulated by the provision of the present Convention.

                                                                                                                                                              (Source: VCDR)      

From the foregoing, it is evident that diplomacy is conducted by diplomatic missions, diplomatic representatives, envoys, etc... The word "diplomat" which was held in high esteem and admiration, these days more or less represents corruption, self interest, scandal, abuse of power, among others. Take for instance William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton former President of the United States, Jacques Rene Chirac former President of the French Republic, Silvio Berlusconi former Prime Minister of Italy, United Nations oil for food fraud, among others. Very soon the word diplomat will be associated with shame.

A real diplomat is a true servant of his people and country, he is a hard working, competent person, dedicated to his work, a person who cares, a person who follows the development of international relations, the current state, the needs of the country in which he resides or negotiates with, a person who needs to find right and peaceful solution for both sides no matter what. One of the old rules from international relations is "si vis mittere, mitte gratum" (if you want to send somebody to represent you, send a nice person) because many things depend on that person. Diplomats should express the will and interest of their people on the international political stage in a peaceful and understanding way. Being a diplomat is a very noble profession, so if you are not noble don't do it.

Therefore, the most frequent asked questions are: how to present our way of living and our way of conducting politics to the other side.

The best way is through diplomacy, and that's why we need diplomats, astute ones of course! Being a diplomat and representing one's country and nation is therefore a great honor, let's not forget that.

The European Union (EU) is a multinational union, established in 1993. The EU is made up of twenty-seven Member States. First, the EU was established as the European Economic Community in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome and has since undergone many changes. The EU has a single market between member states with common trade policy. Important EU institutions and bodies include the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Council of the European Union, the European Court of Justice and the European Central Bank, among others.

The end of War World II brought the idea for the unification of Europe, now known as the EU, but some individuals or groups also known as world rulers needed to conduct an experiment before the formation of an important super power such as the EU. And soon, they succeeded; the right person for them was Josip Broz Tito leader of Communist Party and lifetime President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ). With the Royal family in exile and a post war atmosphere in Europe, Tito became famous, an ideal partner for this experiment.

Many will wonder why Yugoslavia? The answer is very simple; besides the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), which was too powerful, to play with, she was the only post war country in Europe with multiethnic and multicultural population, and Member Republics.

In 1945, from the remains of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia; the Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed, headed by Tito. Tito becomes Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The experiment begins; one State with six republics, one army, one currency, one federal police, one federal Government and Law, one passport, no borders and a visa regime among republics, and most of all: every Republic had their own Government with all vital institutions. Still, one very important thing for this experiment was the fact that Yugoslavia had different cultures and religions among State members, such as: Orthodox, Catholic and Muslim. The way the population is going to live in these circumstances was essential for the future of the EU.

In 1948, Tito makes one interesting move, highly motivated; he becomes the first socialist to defy Stalin's leadership in COMINFORM also known as Information Bureau (Inform biro). This move by Tito gains him good positions with all Western powers, of course his old friends, but bad relations with the USSR. For good results and loyalty to the West, In London in 1954, Yugoslavia gets zone B from Free Territories of Trieste by treaty based on the "Memorandum of Understanding".

On the other side, with the first results of the experiment, formation of the future European Union begins with European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1952. Let us not forget that coal and steel were, and still are, very important in war and industry. A very important founding member of this Community was West Germany. A few years later, the Treaties of Rome in 1957 created two more communities: the European Economic Community (EEC) and European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or EURATOM). The EEC and EAEC later merge into EEC in 1967.

Strangely, but as previously arranged, Tito is chosen for SFRJ to be free Eastern European country, independent from the USSR, and neither member of Warsaw pact nor NATO, but in 1961, Tito puts Yugoslavia to be a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). Membership in NAM did not affect the experiment since Yugoslavia was the only European country in the Movement at that time, but it did affect future of Yugoslavia.

Time is running, and in the beginning of eighties, Tito dies, but the experiment continues. The West needs a few more years before final announcement of new European Union. Europe is rapidly altering, many countries have joined EEC.

At the beginning of nineties, Europe is about to change forever. In Yugoslavia a new government is forming headed by Slobodan Milosevic, the experiment is about to end, mission is about to be accomplished. World rulers are entering the final phase before the formation of the EU. With the USA battling Gulf War in Middle East, in Europe, history has been written; Germany's reunification takes place in 1990, followed by; dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991, dissolution of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992, dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992, and wide spread fall of communist monopoly.

As planned, the new Europe comes into being in the year 1993, and with no threats on the way, a new star was born, European Union. Just a few months after termination of the USSR in which America had a big influence, the USA got a new rival; the EU. This rival will become more influential and powerful than any other country or Union in the world, more powerful than the old USSR.

Two questions arise from this: First, did world rulers decide to put European Union instead of the USA as a leader of a free world and first super power? Second, who are those rulers and where were they coming from?

Answer for the first question is yes, they did, and as always, the USA was used. Second: We will never know who they are, but they are definitely coming from Germany, they are not Jews as many think, if they were Jews then they would have had their own State long time ago.

If we turn back and look through European history, Germany was not defeated as many thought, they played very smart; waited and planned to return stronger than ever and they did through the EU, as leader and strongest Member State. Germany was, and still is the Union's biggest net contributor; with the biggest economy, she is responsible for about 23% of the EU budget. Same is with Japan and the USA; it looks like Japan was also not defeated in the USA-Japan war. Now, Japan is the strongest independent economic and industrial power on the earth, most Japanese products is represented in the USA. In contemporary days, power is not measured through weapons, rather through strongest industry.

Will the EU have an equal rival in the future?

It will; a true rival for the EU will be a future Union with lots of money and same religion among member States as an advantage (maybe, Union of Islamic countries?).

However, maybe we are being deceived with the EU; perhaps the EU is just another world experiment before the launch of another giant global Union.

By some definition; the United Nations (UN) is an International Organization established in October 1945, by the five permanent members of the Security Council: China, France, Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States and by a majority of the other 46 countries. The declared aims of the UN are to prevent war, to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, to provide an instrument for international law, to promote social and economic development, to improve living standards and fight diseases, and to offer freedom for all Nations.

On the other side; a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) is a private institution which is not directly part of the structure of government, but relies significantly on funding from governments, individual donors, foundations, corporations. NGOs are not legal entities under International Law, as States are (except the International Committee of the Red Cross)

Every day, dozens of NGOs are being founded; currently, there are more than five million (5.000.000) NGOs around the world with most of them based in the US, India, Russia, Europe, among others, and only one UN. Looking at the lists of NGOs it is observed that since the mid nineties, the number of NGOs has been rapidly increasing. Why millions of NGOs now? The rapid increase could be explained with the numerous wars that were fought prior to this period, that aided in creating poverty, refugees, neglect of human rights, abuse of women's and children's rights, health and environmental problems, economical and political depression, among others.

There are many speculations concerning NGOs being tools of; a domestic or foreign governments, private donors, corporations, organized crime, all of which to protect their interest in some interest zone. Also, that NGOs are used for money laundry, as spy centers, drug smuggling, trafficking, and even tools for destabilizing countries, among others. It is unclear if all these are true or not, but one question arises from it. "How many individuals would give somebody or someone millions of dollars without asking anything in return?

Unfortunately, there are numerous NGOs that are confirming these speculations and even ones whose founders found good ways of making money and drying up Governmental budgets. However, there are a great number of good and uncorrupted NGOs, which were willing to make a change and really help someone.

Subsequently, what can we expect in the future from the UN and NGOs?

Regrettably, it looks like the budget of the UN is decreasing. Member States are late with payments, some members have big debts, and this generally affects the UN body.

Meanwhile, the budgets of NGOs are growing, with no debts and delaying in donor payments, with more media attention committed to NGOs, increasingly now, Governments are counting on NGOs more than on the UN, and if this trend continue, then NGOs will eventually replace the UN on the international stage, and, maybe, eventually come to power in some countries. Currently, we are evidencing a silent war among NGOs for leading positions in the international system, the end result of which cannot be predicted immediately, but it is obvious; there are too many hungry sharks in the sea. If we look through calculations: five million NGOs multiplied by ten people in every organization, we come up to the number of fifty million people working in NGOs worldwide, and the number is likely to grow.

It would be out of place to say that the UN is a perfect organization; we all know about manipulations of the UN system by some countries to get their will throughout, and because of that and many other things, the UN lost its respect on the international scene. Still, the UN is an International Organization, it has been helping and still helps people around the world; it was established for noble reasons; to represent all Nations equally and fairly, and it is expected that it will live up to its responsibilities and continue to do so.

In our World, there are lots of countries, nations, languages, religions, cultures, costumes but also lots of disagreements. History has it that there was never peace and respect among nations since the formation of the first State. From the beginning of the first conflict till date, wars have been fought for the same cause: political differences, trade, religion, liberation, dynasty, seizure of territory, the annihilation of a rival State, the destruction of the enemy's ability to prosecute military action, revolution or genocide.

We can recall aggressive War of Alexander the Great, nine Crusade Wars, Spanish Succession, Hundred Years’ War (France-England), American Civil War, or 20^th century wars; World Wars I and II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Iran-Iraq War, Gulf War, Yugoslav War, among others. 

There was not yet a single year without war in history known to mankind; and it seems mankind was yet to learn bitter lessons from centuries of fighting and conflicts; wars had never brought anything good to nations and countries. Currently, in contemporary days there are thirty two (32) ongoing wars which are being fought around the World. These include: Sri Lanka Civil War, Second Chechen War, War in Afghanistan, Civil War in Cote d’Ivoire, Central African War, Iraq War, War in Somalia, age-old Arab-Israel/Israel-Palestine (including al-Aqsa Intifada) conflict, among others.

Wars are now being fought in under-developed regions without any serious threat of spreading to neighboring countries, thought that may soon change. The World is altering, and countries are developing with the formation of new Unions, financial help and foreign investments. Very soon the World will be without the so-called Third World Countries, and without territories to start war. Would that signal the end of wars, or usher in new form of modern warfare into the World?  

According to these facts and enormous velocity and evolution of the World, in the future we can expect more wars; wars that will be fought between industrial countries. These wars may not take place in our lifetime, but it offers mankind some food for thought which calls for critical thinking and preventive actions. It looks as thought some countries are not recognized and their voice is not heard so they use all necessary means to be heard even if it meant the use of force, start war and take some lives along that path. Consequently, it behoves on the United Nations to get serious in its business and invite all countries to become members of the world body and make them discuss issues of concern in diversified arena in peaceful and understanding way, rather than sorting issues out in the battlefield.

The question which then arises is: which country, will, first start that war and on which ground it will begin? It is very hard to predict, but as before, it will, most probably begin in Europe and not in the Middle East as many would think.

In Europe, the European Union (EU) is, financially, the strongest and one of the biggest multi-ethnic and multicultural community in the World. But because of too many differences and inability of some members to agree on future political and financial issues, the EU may become unstable, and eventually collapse. Since the EU has enormous influence on many countries, its collapse will start a chain of destabilizations and race for domination. It looks like that history will repeat it self, just that it will cost more.

Contrary to this, the main goal of every country should be to preserve national identity, culture, religion, and of course, financial development, but as long as we have political differences and disrespect for other religions and cultures we will not have peace among nations. If we put these differences a side and focus on helping each other, perhaps there could be a chance to maintain stability in the World.

Time will come when all countries will get united for greater and peaceful goal, but that may come rather too late, though it will foster some degree of unity and understanding as never witnessed before.

Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. The cultural control that hegemony asserts affects commonplace patterns of thought: hegemony controls the way new ideas are rejected or become naturalized in a process that subtly alters notions of common sense in a given society.

Hegemony results in the empowerment of certain cultural beliefs, values, and practices to the submersion and partial exclusion of others. Hegemony influences the perspective of mainstream history, as history is written by the victors for a congruent readership.

History has it that hegemony has been played since time immemorial; we may recall the dominance of Persian, Roman, Mongol, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian, German, Chinese, Russian, French, British Empire, amongst others.

These days hegemony is played through the International System by supreme powers such as the United States of America, China, Russia, India and European Union. As we all know the USA is the youngest among them, but how did she become rival for hegemonic battle in this world? The USA does not have history of a concordances, ruling like others, consequently where is the interest of the USA in this competition? The answer is in United Kingdom and more or less the State of Israel.

The British Empire was one of the most successful Empires in modern era; however as she get weaken she needed to find a strategic partner for further domination, and she found one in the USA. Let us not forget that the UK is also a member of the EU, so we can easily say that she is one of the most influential countries in the World and it can be put next to above supreme powers, but without the USA or EU it is as fragile as any other small country. Accordingly, we can say that the UK is being a very wise country who gets its will throughout in many ways.

The State of Israel is, on the other hand, a small and weak State that is capable to do anything to protect itself and create confusion in the world especially in the Middle East. By this, we can see that Israel is using the USA to conduct some sort of control among others while being well protected.

Therefore, we can say that the USA is being naive and inexperienced in that it allows itself to be used by smaller countries to create order among nations, or maybe she is deceiving us and learning to become an independent hegemon.

China, Russia and India are old and astute Countries, true World super powers, Countries that have history in a concordances, ruling, wars... So we can say that it is in their nature to be dominant one. These three Countries individually are strong enough for any challenge in this hegemonic game of dominance.  

The interest of European Union to dominate others is reflected in countries well known as warriors and concordances like France, Germany, Spain, UK, and Austria. Separately they don’t stand any chance of supremacy over others, but together and with help of others members of the Union they are one major player in the hegemonic game. From this we can easily say that these countries are using other members of the Union to gain more power in battle for the world’s first true superpower.

This modern race for world true hegemon brought us numerous good and bad things; one of the good things was the rapid development of technology, science, medicine, among other things. Conversely, the increased competition succeeded in the manufacture and development of lethal weapons, bombs and machines. As a result if we take a look down history, society has not been able to develop so fast as it has been in the last 60 years. Therefore we can say that from period of World War II, the world has developed extremely fast and it continues to develop. For this reason, one could not be more thankful to the extraordinary dominance competition.

What can we then expect in the future when we talk about domination among countries?

In the very near future, it is more likely that more unions and alliances would be formed; bigger European Union led by already mentioned countries, Union of Asian countries led by Russia, China and India, Alliance of Islamic countries led by Iran and Saudi Arabia, Union of South America, stronger unity of African Union and eventually North American Union led by USA. After these Unions, we can expect even bigger ones, but how they are going to transform themselves and stand the test of time, is only a matter of time to decide. When these new Unions form, we can foresee a new World order, and that will most likely lead us to increased conflicts. Conflicts that will leave us in devastation and sadness that cannot be described. The winners in that conflict will be left with nothing to dominate.

Which side will the UK take in these adventures? Well, it is up to her to start thinking about that.

When we take a look at the history of mankind we can see that there has never been peace among nations, and it is becoming increasingly elusive.