Why isn't there a WCC next year?

Could someone explain to me why there was a world championship two years in a row and now we're skipping a year?

Historically there has usually been a 2 year cycle for the chess world championship, but when Gary Kasparov and Nigel Short split from FIDE in 1993 there were two Chess World Champions and championships. It was a little confusing, and of course the timing was all over the place.

However in 2006 the Chess world finally reunified and FIDE has been struggling to organise it back into a 2 year cycle match system since then. Now we should see a Chess World Cup Tournament on odd years around October/November time and a Chess World Championship match on even years, again, around October/November time with the candidates match happening March/April time on the even years.

This seems like a good system, finally.... But knowing FIDE it will all go tits up at some point.... fingers crossed they hold it together. 

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-does-a-world-chess-championship-skip-years-the-next-one-is-2016

2 years is a pain!! Every tournament should be for a shot at the big title! And with entrance music and videos, smoke machine and pyrotechnics...oh and no real names necessary, stuff like Black Panther jr. and Curtis Pawnbreaker, or just a middle moniker, like Fabiano "Italian Stallion" Caruana and Magnus "The Viking"Carlsen. Should be fun...till it gets all G rated and the chair shots to the head get taken out.

Thanks very much for the answer, An_English_Knight! Can you help me answer this though - Why is it the case that "FIDE has been struggling to organise it back into a 2 year cycle match system since then" as you say? What is the holdup? Don't they make these decisions?

The schedule you propose makes a lot of sense I hope they don't mess with it again.

When it comes to FIDE.... 8 years is not a holdup. 

The very over simplfied answer is... trying to organise 2 world

champions giving them an equal chance and making it fair for

prospective candidates at the same time, plus don't forget the Chess

world cup and Grand Prix tourneys had to be in there too... Then get

a commitee that sometimes tries to sit on a chair with an elbow and Voila

.... Fracking Inept Dudes Everywhere...