WE already had World War III.
It was so called ''cold war'' between America and USSR.
Now, we have war against terrorism but not World war.
It's true that Putin fight against West and America, but it's not war about ideology any more.
It's more about economy, resources and global influence.
So, current conflict we can't call World War really.
They will even cooperate against global terrorism, if needed.
Well for a war to become a World War it needs to be on a world scale. War in between two or maybe tree or more countries doesn't necessarily need to be World War. And i can't agree with you when you say that Cold War was World War III, because it was only America and USSR, not on world scale don't you agree. There are all kind of war out there, but till now we only had two World Wars, hope it will not come to a third.
I certainly don't think the cold war is war, but I want to remind you that it involved many countries. On the side of America, all NATO countries, and on the side of the Soviet Union all the countries of the Warsaw Pact.