Conflict is a many-sided phenomenon. In general in means the kind of relationships between two or more sides, based on the difference of opinions towards something. These sides may be represented by a person, a group of people, a social group, a nation, or just by several opposite ideas in the mind of one person – an inner conflict. A conflict can be a debate, a fight, a cold war or a real armed conflict. Conflict is not bad in any case. For example some scientific discoveries can be made under the influence of the conflict between scientists or the juxtaposition between science and church. Conflict can sometimes be the only way to find the truth but there is a common and obvious rule, that it’s always better to avoid conflicts. Nonetheless this rule is not always complied with.

Confrontation is inevitable, and only the 20th century events prove it. We can mark hundreds and even thousands of conflicts of all kinds throughout the history of the world. The thing is that current conflicts are not as violent and bloody as overpass ones. There are many constraining factors that help us to avoid the 3rd word war. Among them are nuclear weapons. It’s a paradox – a destructive weapon that was created to destroy and annihilate preserves peace. However, there are still lots of conflicts in the world – terrorism, local wars for oil, all these peacekeeping operations and forcible democratization, gas conflicts between Russia and the Ukraine our territorial misunderstanding with Japan – all these conflicts breed a lot of hatred and wait their turn be solved, and we can only believe that our politicians are wise enough to solve them peacefully.