What are the probabilities of a ww3 ?

WW III implies a war like WW II a very large conflagation involving Europe and Asia; millions of people in conflict for years. Because nuclear weapons would certainly have a strong possibility of being used in such a struggle, the probability of a WW III is very very low.Instead we will see wars of “proxies.” Sunni Muslim states will fund Sunni “Terrorists” and Shia states will support Shia fighters. Russia will support Orthodox slavs in Eastern Europe and NATO will support Germanic Catholic and Lutheran populations.Now, this does not mean that there will not be some wars wher the death toll really mounts up. The Baltic states are a place to watch. A few years ago the Russian people were asked to name the country that they hated and feared the most. I suspect that most Americans would predict that the answer would be the US or China. Instead the answer was Latvia. Latvia has a Germanic po;ulation with a very large Russian Slav minority with a long memory for perseution. What if Latvia does in fact start to really persecute the Slavs?