> Both countries indeed feel quite "aimless," as they are today. Nor Russia, nor China saw any kind of conscious political course setting for two full decades.

> Both countries indeed feel quite "aimless," as they are today. Nor Russia, nor China saw any kind of conscious political course setting for two full decades. > I don't see Xi, or Putin having any semblance of a long term plan for their countries, nor having an idea where they are going themselves. I could say the same about the US.