By Michael Brant - President of WISE-ED Introduction – the Problem                 There have been many efforts to create peace in modern times, but our world remains a place of conflict, tensions, and wars declared and undeclared, disguised, unconventional, unrestricted.  When one situation seems to be settled, several new situations arise, like weeds in a garden.  These have the common roots of ambition for power and wealth, greed, fear, vengeance, desperation, and frustrat