Our current civilization, born in the cities of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, has now spread worldwide, gobbling up Earth’s natural resources.  It is not sustainable. The biggest threat to our civilization and to our species is a nuclear world war.  Even a regional war in the Persian Gulf or Taiwan would hurt every country.   Civil wars are shattering Iraq and Syria, where the first civilizations arose long ago. One reason for today's conflicts around the globe is the legacy of colonial borders drawn by European imperialists over a…